Handset component suppliers begin to ship parts and components for new iPhone, says paper

Taiwan-based handset component suppliers have begun shipping components and parts for the new iPhone that Apple is likely to launch in June, the Chinese-language Commercial Times has quoted sources at component suppliers as indicating.

Shipments of the old and new iPhones could top 2-3 million units, respectively, a quarter after Apple launches the new models, the paper quoted component suppliers as saying.