Whatever Apple’s next iPhones likely to launch in September will be like, the Cupertino company is apparently anticipating selling a lot of them. Pacific Crest analyst Andy Hargreaves has reported that Apple has placed a higher-than-typical number of orders for its “next cycle” of iPhones, though he has not cited specific numbers.
The next line of iPhones are generally expected to be the iPhone 6S and iPhone 6S Plus, though the possibility of a 4-inch iPhone 6C has been mooted, too. Intriguingly, Hargreaves seems to believe that the iPhone 6S will indeed be called this, as he has said that his company does “not anticipate the same rush of upgrade and switching activity in the 6S cycle as Apple experienced in the 6 cycle”.
This comment suggests that the 6S will, befitting its name, be an incremental, rather than substantial, enhancement upon the 6 model. However, the unexpectedly large order volume for the next iPhone line, of which the 6S will supposedly be the flagship handset, suggests that Apple are still expecting this iPhone to be high in demand. They are also likely trying to avert the supply issues that have blighted the last set of iPhones and the Apple Watch.
