iPhone 5 Not Starting Production Until September

According to a recent report from yet another analyst, the iPhone 5 will not go into production until September as previously rumored. Business Insider reports that an analyst has said that the iPhone 5 won’t start production until September, let alone go on sale then.
They reckon that the iPhone 5 won’t make it to the market until the end of 2011, or we could even be looking at an early 2012 release.
They cite more component manufacturers as their sources:

Supporting out comments over the last month, conversations with yet another key component supplier indicates that production for iPhone-5 will begin in September. This is consistent with Avian findings in the supply chain in recent months and we believe the consensus view is moving towards this scenario.

They also mention that rumor that we had a while ago of a cheaper iPhone in the works.

As I’m sure any of you who would regularly follow these iPhone rumors will know by now, that these rumors can be very conflicting at times, often jumping from one extreme to the other. A lot of them can be taken with a pinch of salt but this is consistent with other reports from analysts and supply chains claiming that Apple hasn’t even placed orders yet for parts.
Another possible reason for Apple delaying the iPhone 5 is because they want to get more mileage from the iPhone 4. Quite possibly they will release the iPhone 4 in White and hope that that will extend the products life cycle somewhat before everyone wants to upgrade again.
But as usual, you never know with Apple who will be very keen to make sure nothing leaks this time compared to last years fiasco.