Expected to be the biggest change to the iPhone in a while, Apple has reportedly started mass production of the 4.7-inch iPhone 6. Foxconn and other Chinese manufacturers have begun the biggest project in 2014, to build the iPhone 6 to scale.
The third week of July will be the beginning of the mass production. Foxconn will add 100,000 workers to its mainland facilities in order to develop the iPhone 6, along with around 10,000 robots to build some of the parts.
Pegatron, Apple’s second manufacturing company, will be adding around 10,000 factory workers to deal with the iPhone 6. Apple is expected to sell around 100 million iPhone 6 units in the opening year, with another 100 million in 2015.
The 5.5-inch iPhone 6 will be developed for September release, but will be shipped in small quantities due to problems with scaling. Apple might delay this launch until 2015 though, depending on stock size in September.
Apple will most likely sell the 5.5-inch iPhone 6 at a surplus, costing $100 extra for the larger screen. We still don’t know if the iPhone Color will continue to be a thing, perhaps Apple will drop $100 off the iPhone 5C and leave it on the store.
The iPhone 6 comes with a lot of new features on the design front, Apple is expected to add a sapphire crystal glass display, bump the resolution to over 1080p, add a new A8 processor, more RAM, larger battery and new sensors for health tracking.
This is on top of changes to the camera and the additional of WiFi ac and LTE-A. Apple will want to get both standards available on the iPhone 6, to appeal to audiences in South Korea and Japan.
Apple is also planning to release the iWatch this year, the smartwatch running on iOS 8. There are rumors of Apple HDTV finally coming to market, but these rumors have been going for the past year.
