As it became known yesterday, in the second half of the year Apple will release smartphones iPhone 6s, iPhone 6s Plus and iPhone 6c, which are designed to replace the existing models on the market, the iPhone 5, 5s and 5c. Phone 6c entry-level iPhone will be equipped with four-inch screen. According to the Taiwanese industry publication DigiTimes, these models produce commissioned by Apple is a company Wistron.
Companies Wistron and Compal Electronics relatively recently joined the ranks of contract manufacturers, carrying out orders Apple. In this case, Wistron, mainly collects the iPhone the previous generation, for which she even had to expand production, and the company collects Compal tablet iPad.
Wistron has received orders to assemble iPhone smartphones previous generation. This year manufacturer entrust release of the iPhone 6c. Model, according to some, will be sold at a price of $ 400-500. In turn, the assembly iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus will take the Foxconn and Pegatron.
At a recent meeting with investors guide Wistron estimated production volume of mobile devices this year 25 million units, noting that this figure corresponds to an increase by 25%, and the activity itself is a major source of revenue.
It is known that iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus will use the 16-nm FinFET-chips of new generation Apple A9, a more affordable model iPhone 6c - 20-nm chips Apple A8. It is argued that a key contract manufacturer of processors for Apple remains the Taiwanese TSMC (it will supply all the 20-nm chips and a portion of the 16-nm). Sworn partner Apple, the South Korean Samsung, will receive part of orders for the production of chips A9.