Apple iPhone Direct Release Two Simultaneously

Awesome ... Apple will make a big surprise this year by launching two iPhones at once in September.

It said Deutsche Bank's Equity Research analyst Chris Whitmore.

Whitmore predicts Apple will release a fifth-generation iPhone at the same time or possibly in September and the company also will exhibit a fast version of the iPhone 4 for $ 350 without operator contract.

cheaper iPhone will be sold with a pre-pay feature where consumers can pay monthly for the number and time of call (speech) is limited.

Apple iPhone entered the ranks of the current premium smartphone. But, Whitmore believes the latest iPhone 4 will help Apple compete with other competitors in the segment of cheap mobile phones.

Whitmore said that smart phone sales in the segment of low-end and mid-end will grow three times as fast as sales of smart phones in high-end segment.

In 2014, he said, the smart phone shipments in mid-end segment may exceed the high-end segment.

"We believe this is the right time for Apple to boost the penetration of smartphones in the mid-end market and expand its market," he said.

He noted Nokia Corp. and Research In Motion Ltd. is struggling in low-cost handsets, as quoted from the Los Angeles Times.