iPhone 5 to Begin Production in Q3 Featuring 8MP Camera, CDMA-GSM Qualcomm Chip?

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Posted May 17, 2011 at 10:22am by iClarified

FBR Capital Markets predicts the iPhone 5 will begin production in Q3 featuring an 8MP camera and a Qualcomm CDMA-GSM chip, according to PCWorld.

In a research note, FBR says they expect about about 20 million iPhones will be produced in the third quarter with the iPhone 5 accounting for about 8 million of those.

OmniVision is predicted to be the supplier of an 8 megapixel CMOS sensor with Sony being a possible backup supplier.

Apple is said to be using integrated CDMA-GSM communication chips from Qualcomm for the upcoming device.

"Our contacts have confirmed to us that Qualcomm is replacing Intel as the baseband supplier, selling an integrated CDMA/WCDMA baseband," FBR wrote.

Yesterday the next generation iPhone's release date was pegged at November 21st by an unconfirmed source.

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iPhone 5 to Begin Production in Q3 Featuring 8MP Camera, CDMA-GSM Qualcomm Chip?

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Mr yogi - May 17, 2011 at 1:35pm

Dammit apple better set a higher premium price for the iPhone 5... I wanna be the only one with the phone or atleast a premium line

Lee - May 17, 2011 at 1:14pm

Could this mean that iPhones will start selling without a contract plan?

AD - May 17, 2011 at 11:48am

New baseband --> New Unlock method..

iceberg - May 17, 2011 at 11:38am

In other words, they can sell one model line that works on both Verizon and AT&T. The million-dollar question is whether or not it will come LTE-ready.

James - May 17, 2011 at 11:54am

Nah, the iphone isn't ready for LTE. The battery consumption is just not there yet plus ATT isn't going to be fully LTE ready before release. Heck, the gsm/cdma combo would be surprising itself (though I had said that was most likely as companies likes 1 manufacturing process). That will be interesting to see how it handles battery consumption.