According to Japanese site Macotakara, production of iPhone 5 has already kicked off at Apple's manufacturing partners' plants.
The report further claims that these devices aren't being packaged yet, since iOS 5 is still in beta and not ready to ship.
Foxconn will reportedly produce 85 percent of the iPhone 5 production, while Taiwanese manufacturer Pegatron has grabbed the
contract for the remaining 15 percent. The report, however, doesn't mention anything about the much rumored low-cost iPhone 4S nor does it reveal any sort of information on the specs of the eagerly awaited fifth generation iPhone.Although Macotakara's record has been spotty when it comes to Apple news, iPhone 5 hitting production stage early September seems very likely keeping in mind the rumored October launch of the device.
The seventh beta of iOS 5 was seeded to developers the last week, and the maximum number of betas released for a major iOS release has been eight so far (iPhone OS 2.0). We can expect the packaging of the iPhone 5 to start once iOS 5 enters Golden Master (GM), which doesn't seem too far away.
Recent events like Apple and Best Buy preparing their retail staff for the iPhone 5, Deutsche Telekom already starting pre-orders for the device also seem to indicate that the launch is near.
What do you think, would there be an eighth beta or would iOS 5 hit directly GM in the next couple of weeks?
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