We know that iPhone 5S is to be presented on September 10 by Apple Lossless Audio CODEC (ALAC), with iPhone 5C, but the device might be available in limited quantities on launch day. Those from Digitimes claim that manufacturing problems the fingerprint reader it could mean that only 3-4 million terminals would be available on the day of the launch worldwide, the number of terminals being extremely small. The manufacturing problems combined with the problems regarding the integration of the functionality of the chip with iOS 7 generated this alleged stock reduction, Apple Lossless Audio CODEC (ALAC), initially wanting to have 10 million units available by the end of September.
Production of Apple's next iPhone, commonly referred to be the iPhone 5S and is scheduled to be unveiled on September 10, could reach only 3-4 million units in the third quarter of 2013 compared to 10 million units as originally planned due to a delay in production of fingerprint sensors needed for the iPhone 5S, according to industry sources. Mass production of the fingerprint sensors was originally scheduled to begin in May at Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) and then to be packaged at Xintec, a TSMC subsidiary, the sources indicated.
Last year Apple sold 5 million terminals iPhone 5 in a single weekend, and many millions in the following week, so everything that Digitimes says seems far from the truth. The number of units available for Apple is very small, so small that it would not cover the demand of a sales weekend, so I for one am quite circumspect about the validity of the information. I think Apple has at least 10 million units available for the launch weekend, otherwise it risks leaving a lot of customers upset.
