The iPhone 6S is already being hit with delays

The assembly lines preparing to churn out Apple’s next-generation iPhones have reportedly been briefly delayed, with full-scale production now slated to start later this month in advance of a likely September introduction. Apple has pulled back orders for the current-generation iPhone 6 and 6 Plus to free manufacturing capacity for its new handsets, according to KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo. Kuo’s report was first noted by UDN. Kuo believes that longtime Apple partner Foxconn will be asked to handle 60 percent of the orders for the so-called “iPhone 6s,” with Pegatron picking up the rest. Orders for the larger “iPhone 6s Plus” would be filled entirely by Foxconn. Relatively little is know about Apple’s next-generation iPhones, though they are expected to add Force Touch capability along with a new A9 processor. Some say that they could also add another gigabyte of RAM to take the base capacity to 2 gigabytes.