Apple rumored to be having issues with 3G iPhone ramp

Apple rumored to be having issues with 3G iPhone ramp. Yeah we already heard many rumors, and we're waiting 3G iPhone Release on June 9, and there's now a new speculation hints that Apple might have to delay the launch of the high-anticipated next-generation iPhone. UBS Investment Research analyst Nicolas Gaudois issued a report to clients on Thursday in which he associated a new profit warning from baseband chip maker Infineon with supposed delays in the manufacturing ramp of Apple's highly anticipated 3G handset.

Nicolas Gaudois has tied the lower than expected hardware orders to delays in Apple's 3G iPhone ramp. "In our view the profit warning has been caused by ramp changes of next generation iPhone, into which Infineon is supplying the main High-Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA) chipset," he said. More specifically, he said the delay has resulted in 1.5 million fewer orders for the chipset during Infineon's current quarter.

A spokesperson for chip maker later confirmed the company to have "received lower orders than expected" for certain HSDPA chips destined for a "high-speed Internet phone," but stopped short of specifying the iPhone by name.

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