Apple Aims To Manufacture Lesser Models Of iPhone In 2018

Apple Inc anticipates exporting 80 Million new iPhone modes in 2018. This number is down from 20% from what it had aimed last year at the same time, claimed the Nikkei reported last week mentioning sources all over the industry.

The California-located company has asked its components providers to make almost 20% lesser parts for the 3 new iPhone models that it aims to roll out in the H2 of 2018. This is less as compared to 2017’s plans for its iPhone 8 and iPhone X models, the report claimed.

The report adds to worriers of deteriorating handset export after years of scorching development as sales drop in major growth areas such as China and consumers update their handsets less often. It dropped 2% of the Apple’s stakes and send shares of its providers all over the world to as low as 6%.

“Apple is fairly conservative when it comes to place new orders for next models,” one of the 4 people, who is in the supply chain field, claimed in the Nikkei Asian Review.

“For the 3 new iPhones particularly, the total aimed capacity might be almost 20% less than 2017’s orders.”

Most of the analysts have claimed that high cost of the iPhone X is also reducing the demand for the flagship. The iPhone X is the first model to feature a new design since the 2015 roll out of the iPhone 6 and trades for $1,000

Ming-Chi Kuo, the top Apple analyst, claimed previously this week that Apple may slash costs of new models to be launched later this year by almost $300, as per various reports of the media. Kuo claimed that Apple is expected to roll out an OLED 6.5-inch “IPhone X Plus,” an iPhone with a 6.1-inch display, and a second generation of iPhone X.