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Apple's iPhone 6S release date plan will happen as scheduled this 2015 but it is likely that initial supplies of the device will be unable to meet global demands. The tech giant is currently dealing with low output, no thanks to the new Force Touch technology, a new report said.
In his latest research note that MacRumors picked up, Ming-chi Kuo of KGI Securities predicted that the 2015 iPhones, believed to include the 4.7-inch iPhone 6S and 5.5-inch 6S Plus rollouts then to be joined later by the 4-inch iPhone 6C, are off to a slow start. The Apple insider had earlier indicated that from the Apple Watch, Force Touch implementation will be extended to the next-generation iPhones.
The sensor will add new features to the touch-screen iPhone display but it appears that the large-scale production of the device is hitting significant bumps that Kuo claimed "low yield of Force Touch," could impact on the initial batch of shipments.
While delays were not mentioned in the report, Kuo said that slow start could characterise the first few weeks of the worldwide iPhone 6S release. The analyst was not clear if the glitch will be resolved soon or prior to the launch date or in case of a supply shortage, will it be in the short term?
Kuo, however, confirmed that new iPhone colours will be made available this year largely to match the colour variants of the Apple Watch. An iPhone in rose gold finish is a high possibility, the analyst said.
In the same report, Kuo revealed that the iPad Mini 4 is already in the works and Apple fans can expect the tablet to mostly mirror the build, design and features of the iPad Air 2, which the Cupertino-based company had issued in late 2014.
The latest reading seems in line with the snowballing speculations that Apple is focusing mostly on the upcoming iPad Mini refresh this 2015 and the rumored 12.9-inch iPad Pro. It is highly likely that the iPad Air 3 will skip the current year, reports said.
Notwithstanding, Apple is expected to eclipse its Q4 2014 performance, in which the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus headlined the more than 74 million iPhone sales, and clear as many as 80 million new iPhones by the end of December 2015.
Kuo has reported that Apple has consistently sold 50 million plus iPhones in the past three quarters but the numbers will slide to just over 40 million units in the September 2015 quarter only to jump back big time for the holiday season of the year or in the immediate aftermath of the iPhone 6S release date.
