Rumor: Suppliers Ramp Up Force Touch Production Ahead Of iPhone Production

Apple is gearing up to launch its next-gen iPhones – the iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus – as the company’s supplier has reportedly ramped-up production of the Force Touch display for the smartphones.

“The supply chains started shipping Force Touch modules in small amounts for the new iPhone in June, and began ramping up the shipments in July”, reads the report. The next-gen iPhone is expected to be officially announced in September, but this is just based on Apple’s previous habits but unless Apple changes the timetable, chances are that will indeed be the case.

The iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus are both expected to come with support for Force Touch gestures, a brand new way of interacting with a device that was first seen in the Apple Watch, Retina MacBook and select MacBook Pro models. While the sources of the publication are being vague as to which manufacturer the finished end product will go to, there really can be no other guesses apart from Apple.

By September, 36 to 40 million next generation iPhones could be built and another 50 million by the subsequent quarter, sources told DigiTimes.

One particular supplier, TPK claims to have entered mass production in July for Force Touch modules, but did not mention the end receiver of these modules; as highlighted above. While TPK did not divulge whom the panels would be supplied to, it is presumed that the likely customer is Apple. It is a pressure-sensitive technology which can help distinguish between a deep press and a light tap, which in turn helps complete varied actions.

However, it projected a 50 per cent increase in quarter-on-quarter revenue for Q3.