IPhone 6c said to launch in Q2 2016

Apple is preparing for the launch of the iPhone 6s and 6s Plus, which are going to hit the market around September, but at some point, a rumor sprung saying that the Cupertino tech giant might roll out a successor to the plasticky iPhone 5c which launched back in 2013. The new report, coming from Taiwanese publication Digitimes, quotes unnamed insider sources from the semiconductor industry as it argues that the next-generation budget iPhone will be launched in Q2 2016. The source states that the upcoming device will either be using TSMC’s 16 nm FinFET, or Samsung’s 14 nm FinFET manufacturing process depending the amount of units that are shipped out during this quarter. Apple is expected to use the A9 chip, which will also be manufactured by the two companies mentioned above, into its next-gen iPhone 6 and iPhone 6s. The website’s sources from inside the seminconductor business additionally level to the so-called iPhone 6c lineup arriving with new 14/16nm FinFET chips from TSMC and Samsung, which might convey higher efficiency and decrease energy consumption to the brand new line of cheaper iPhones.

It would also be unusual for Apple to release an iPhone 6-branded handset during the same year it is expected to release an iPhone 7. However, with Digitimes’ sketchy track record as far as launch timeline is concerned, we would advise you to take it with the proverbial pinch of salt. The people did not offer any specifics on which processors would be used or what the phones would be called.