With the amount of rumors flying around here and there, many are confident that the Apple iPhone 5 will be available in the market later this year even though there is no actual confirmation from Apple themselves. If this proves to be true, how many units will be available for eager consumers out there then?

According to this report by Digitimes, Apple has ordered around 5.5 to 6 million units of iPhone 5 for the third quarter of 2011 together with more than 20 million units further for the fourth quarter of this year. Judging from that statistics, there might be some shortage during iPhone 5′s initial launch but for those who are willing to wait, more units should be available in the market towards this year-end holiday season.

Of course, the existing iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4 and iPhone 4 CDMA will still be around. In fact, Apple has also ordered around 28 million units of them for the second half of 2011. All in all, there are plenty of iPhone to go around for the rest of this year but if you are looking for iPhone 5 during its launch – provided that it does take place this year – get ready to be in the queue as swiftly as possible since its availability will be obviously limited, as always during launch.

SOURCE via Digitimes