An write-up printed in a Chinese news paper, The Commercial Times, is saying that the manufacturer Foxconn, Hon Hai Precision Industry, has landed the contract to manufacture the new iPhone. Foxconn was plus the manufacturer of the original iPhone, so it is not too far fetched of an notion. The scoop says that the new iPhone should ship around June. We all knew that already though, didn’t we?

The Chinese Times composition claims that their sources have been instructed by Apple to start preparing to manufacture the new iPhone. The spread says that the sources were told they need to “start preparing material

supplies by the end of May.” It plus claims that the new iPhone should sell by three million units by the end of June.

That seems to be pretty generous estimate for just one month of sales. Potentially even less than a month depending on when in June it starts shipping, whether at all. that is not the only number they are estimating. The composition says that the new model would ship about 25 million units during it’s life span. It very well could; after all, 3G opens up a much broader market than it’s 3G-challenged first generation brother.

[Via DigiTimes]