iPhone 6 (L), iPhone 6 Plus (R) (Photo : Reuters)
All signs that the iPhone 6 is coming soon are there, from speculations to rumors to leaks. However, there are also false information, which is what BGR is accusing Boston Herald of.
BGR describes the Boston Herald article as making completely unsupported claims, using sweeping assumptions, indulging in lazy thinking and lacking in identifying its sources. The article in question says that the upcoming phone from Cupertino appears to look like the current model.
But the biggest error of the Boston Herald piece is its claim that Apple sees the iPhone 6 sales as the savior for the tech giant which suffered from the alleged poor sales of the "failed Apple watch."
BGR, in debunking the article, points out that people generally upgrade their phones every two years, which explains the two-year cycle of Apple phone refreshes. And the company co-founded by the late Steve Jobs opts to launch the new handsets on a September.
Like the September 2013 launch of Apple iPhone 5 and 5s, The Telegraph sees this year's launch having a keynote address by Apple CEO Tim Cook and more speeches from other company officers.
Citing a leaked internal mail from Vodafone, the British daily reported that Apple will start to accept pre-orders on September 18 and go on sale on September 25. But it did not gave away the name of the upcoming phone except to identify it as the new iPhone.
Apple reportedly ordered its suppliers to manufacture between 85 million and 90 million units of this new phone, higher than 2014's 70 million to 80 million order, according to The Wall Street Journal. It is said be an indicator of the company's confidence that the upcoming iPhone, announced in June at the World Wide Developers Conference to run on iOS 9, would outsell previous models and perhaps boost further its over 90 percent share of the profits of the global smartphone industry.
