iPhone 6 Release Date: Foxconn Confirms 4.7" And 5.5" Display iPhones From Apple, To Start Shipping In July

WWDC began today and thousands of people are expecting that Apple would finally share some details about the iPhone 6 release date. Fortunately for them, even before the event began, a publication has already reported that the upcoming Apple smartphone will start shipping as early as July. 

According to a report by GSM Arena, BGR India reported that Foxconn has confirmed the existence of two iPhone versions for this year - the 4.7-inch version, and the huge 5.5" phablet. 

As Apple's biggest maker of its smartphones, Foxconn is certainly the right source when it comes to the validity of rumors about the bigger iPhone models from the Cupertino giant. 

In a press release it published, Foxconn says that it will begin the manufacture of the 4.7-inch and 5.5-inch iPhones, wherein the former would start shipping by July. If shipping would take off in July, then that's good news for Apple fans as the company may be preparing an announcement date any day this week during the WWDC 2014. 

Meanwhile, the bigger version will reportedly enter mass production in August. If this timetable is accurate, then Apple could announce the 5.5-inch version this September and should hit majority of the world's markets in October and November.

Here's the complete press release:

Foxconn to Land 5.5-inch iPhone Orders

5.5 and 4.7 inch iPhone will be manufactured by Foxconn in 2014

MUMBAI, India - June 2, 2014

Foxconn, world's leading manufacturer of computer components and systems, is going to manufacture both 5.5-inch and 4.7-inch iPhone in 2014.

According the sources, Foxconn will supply 70% of the 4.7-inch iPhone shipments for 2015. The 4- and 4.7-inch iPhones will be the main sales force of Apple for 2014. Foxconn's plants in Zhengzhou, China are expected to start supplying the 4.7-inch model in July and start manufacturing the 5.5-inch one in August.

So do you think Apple will announce the much awaited iPhone 6 this week at the WWDC in San Francisco?