Apple's [AAPL] is up to something. This morning reports emanating from the much-maligned but sometimes accurate Digitimes claim the company is beginning trial production of the next-generation iPhone, called for the sake of it, the iPhone 5S.
Facing low yield rates in the production of iPhone 5, Apple has accelerated the certification processes for related parts and components for the iPhone 5S, Digitimes claims, citing the Chinese-language Commercial Times.
Digitimes also speculates Apple will introduce a new model iPad in Q2:
While the speculated iPhone 5S is expected to enter volume production in the first quarter of 2013, Apple is also likely to release a new version of iPad a quarter later than the iPhone 5S, since the display resolution of its latest version of iPad has come out lower than expected, the paper added.
And theres more: Apples long-awaited Apple television device is also on track for introduction in the first half of next year the report claims.
Does this mean Apples been listening to critics demanding it innovate against its seemingly imitative Android competitors? Does this mean it intends raising the frequency of iPhone releases in order to stay near the head of the pack?
Report: Apple begins iPhone 5S, iPad, Apple TV pre-production for early 2013 | Computerworld Blogs
they trollin yall at this point