iPhone 5S, Retina iPad mini launches reportedly delayed

Several devices from Apple’s (AAPL) next-generation lineup will reportedly launch later than most industry watchers expect due to various delays with their development. Plugged-in analyst Ming-chi Kuo of KGI Securities on Thursday circulated a research note claiming Apple’s iPhone 5S will not launch as soon as most sell-side analysts believe, and neither will its upcoming entry-level iPhone or the second-generation iPad mini. Ming-chi points to a number of different reasons for the various delays. For the iPhone 5S, the analyst said Apple is having difficulties integrating a new component — a fingerprint sensor — into the device. “Apple has to work out how to prevent interference from the black and white coating material under the cover glass,” Ming-chi wrote in



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