RUMOR: iPHONE 5 TO LAUNCH IN SEPTEMBER

According to Craig Berger, an analyst for FBR Capital Markets, Apple will be breaking the launch cycle for the iPhone 5. Apple typically releases the iPhone in June/July, but Berger stated the new iPhone 5 won't launch until September.

Berger stated in a note to investors:

For the iPhone 5, we continue to hear that a July launch is unlikely, with various casing suppliers and touch suppliers still ramping up, with some chip vendors not having yet received firm iPhone 5 orders, and with other sockets like the image sensor (most likely going to Omnivision exclusively, but with some potential for Sony to split that socket) still in flux. Given these factors, we think a September launch is more likely, off from Apple’s traditional iPhone launch schedule, but giving the firm more time to enhance its next-generation instant communications on the phone.

He went on to say Apple plans on building 100 million iPhones this year which is up from the previous estimate of 75 million.