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Apple to suppliers: Gear up for the next iPhone [Larger Screens!]
www.marketwatch.com ^ | July 21, 2014, 8:51 p.m. EDT | By Lorraine Luk

Posted on 07/22/2014 10:22:59 AM PDT by Red Badger

Apple Inc. is preparing for its largest initial production run of iPhones, betting that larger-screen models will lure consumers now attracted to similar phones from Samsung Electronics Co. and others.

The Cupertino, Calif., company is asking suppliers to manufacture between 70 million and 80 million units combined of two large-screen iPhones with 4.7-inch and 5.5-inch displays by Dec. 30, according to people familiar with the matter.

Its forecast for what is commonly called the iPhone 6 is significantly larger than the initial order last year of between 50 million and 60 million versions of the iPhone 5S and 5C--which had a display measuring 4-inches diagonally, these people said. Both of the coming models are expected to feature metal cases similar to the iPhone 5S and likely come in multiple colors, these people said.

Apple stuck with smaller displays on iPhones even as rival smartphone makers rolled out bigger screens and customers clamored for larger phones. Demand for larger-screen smartphones boosted Samsung, which started offering a 4.8-inch display in its Samsung Galaxy S models in 2012 and introduced an array of bigger phones.

Apple is scheduled to report its fiscal third-quarter results on Tuesday and provide a financial outlook for the current period ending Sept. 28. Historically, Apple has released a new iPhone in mid-September.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Computers/Internet; Music/Entertainment; Science
KEYWORDS: apple; iphone
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1 posted on 07/22/2014 10:22:59 AM PDT by Red Badger
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To: ShadowAce

Tech Ping!...............


2 posted on 07/22/2014 10:23:35 AM PDT by Red Badger (If you compromise with evil, you just get more evil..........................)
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To: Swordmaker

PING!


3 posted on 07/22/2014 10:23:53 AM PDT by RandallFlagg (Uninstall Fascist Firefox. Get Pale Moon.)
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To: Red Badger

A 42 inch screen on an I-phone.

Yummy.


4 posted on 07/22/2014 10:24:50 AM PDT by headstamp 2
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To: headstamp 2

Oh ... how I WISH I had photo shop


5 posted on 07/22/2014 10:28:54 AM PDT by knarf (I say things that are true .. I have no proof .. but they're true.)
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To: headstamp 2

Used to be people bragged about how small their cellphones were. Now it’s the opposite.................


6 posted on 07/22/2014 10:29:14 AM PDT by Red Badger (If you compromise with evil, you just get more evil..........................)
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To: knarf; headstamp 2

7 posted on 07/22/2014 10:30:53 AM PDT by Red Badger (If you compromise with evil, you just get more evil..........................)
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To: Red Badger

Keep on going Apple!


8 posted on 07/22/2014 10:32:00 AM PDT by Star Traveler (Remember to keep the Messiah of Israel in the One-World Government that we look forward to coming)
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To: Star Traveler

Next up: The Wearable iPhone.................

9 posted on 07/22/2014 10:34:01 AM PDT by Red Badger (If you compromise with evil, you just get more evil..........................)
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10 posted on 07/22/2014 10:34:06 AM PDT by MeshugeMikey ( "Never, never, never give up". Winston Churchill ...)
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To: Red Badger

Typical Apple … first to the game, last with the upgrades. The larger screen iPhone is years overdue.


11 posted on 07/22/2014 10:34:43 AM PDT by al_c (Obama's standing in the world has fallen so much that Kenya now claims he was born in America.)
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To: MeshugeMikey

You’d need a charger the size of Hoover Dam..............


12 posted on 07/22/2014 10:35:18 AM PDT by Red Badger (If you compromise with evil, you just get more evil..........................)
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To: al_c

Not having a cellphone, I never got the bug for Apple or any others..................


13 posted on 07/22/2014 10:37:36 AM PDT by Red Badger (If you compromise with evil, you just get more evil..........................)
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To: Red Badger

Obies stepped forward with a grant to a new SOLAR COMPANY.....slated to look into building integrated solar....panels for the new phones....


14 posted on 07/22/2014 10:38:21 AM PDT by MeshugeMikey ( "Never, never, never give up". Winston Churchill ...)
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To: Red Badger

My 4s is big enough. I would have to see if the smaller of the 2 fits in my pocket. I don’t carry a European carryall like Jerry Seinfeld. Or as I call them fag bags.


15 posted on 07/22/2014 10:38:49 AM PDT by Vaquero (Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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To: Red Badger

Big deal. The Moto X is both smaller and has a bigger screen. And it is made in Dallas. As in Texas. As in the United States.


16 posted on 07/22/2014 10:45:40 AM PDT by sportutegrl
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To: MeshugeMikey

Windmills for cellphones................

17 posted on 07/22/2014 10:50:35 AM PDT by Red Badger (If you compromise with evil, you just get more evil..........................)
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To: Red Badger

hmm......doubles as a built in Hairdryer...?


18 posted on 07/22/2014 10:52:20 AM PDT by MeshugeMikey ( "Never, never, never give up". Winston Churchill ...)
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To: MeshugeMikey

Strap it to your car and drive 50 miles an hour until it’s recharged................


19 posted on 07/22/2014 10:56:03 AM PDT by Red Badger (If you compromise with evil, you just get more evil..........................)
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To: Red Badger
betting that larger-screen models will lure consumers now attracted to similar phones self reporting NSA devices from Samsung Electronics Co. and others.

there - fixed it -

don't have one - don't need it - my wife and kids are addicts...my $9.95 trac fone sits on the counter - where I check messages 1x a week

20 posted on 07/22/2014 10:58:03 AM PDT by Revelation 911
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