Those would be scheduled production cuts. This is an extra 10% cut that wasn’t already expected by manufacturers.
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Apple Tells Suppliers to Cut iPhone XR and XS Production by 10% for Next Three Months
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Did you even read the article, or did you only get through the headline before your Apple defense mode activated.
"A second source said that overall production volume of both new and old iPhones will be reduced by approximately 40 to 43 million units for the January-March quarter, down from an earlier projection of 47 to 48 million units."
Yeah, but this is an additional 10% drop from what was already planned. That's the difference. I'm sure Apple totally takes into account Q1 dropoffs in production. This is an additional cut, it seems.
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EDIT: Fine, I fixed it.
I’m sorry but no. I’m not even a big fan of the Touch Bar but I’m also not a fan of kick stands or the UI on windows 10 and not even the shape of the Surface device. People say they love it but then they try to use it to do productive stuff. It’s like a buggier iPad Pro that you cant really use as a tablet. I had a surface and was left with the impression that the display was too small to do productive stuff with it and that the device didn’t work as a tablet at all.
If you look back at Nikkei articles over the last few years, they have historically been proven wrong 99% of the time. This article is simply tacking onto what Apple has already said publicly with the “added source” of talking about Jan-March quarter. Pure crap that is fabricated. Nobody can pinpoint order quantities from Apple’s supply chain.
Both? N-ee-ther, n-eye-ther?
"Some tomato, tomahto, baloney, bologna
I used to fraggle rock ya, but now I fraggle stone ya"
-- Das EFX, 1992
Simple:
iPhone SE 32/64/128GB
iPhone 7 32/64/128GB.
Both still have production.
But wait this production slowdown could mean for older models; models that just need repair parts??
Initially I’d agree. Yet I just considered the production notice maybe for older phones barely selling like the SE, 6S, or 7.
I’d like the X/XS models pricing to drop of better be subsidized.
Less than 30 days.
It’s… lebanon bologna…
EDIT: Fine, I fixed it.
LMAO. You guys crack me up. Sore stomach leaving hospital.
You guys are the old guys on the muppet show balcony!!
To be honest that actually was VERY insulting to those that purchased the late 2018 iPad Pro models. Was it Riccio that made that public statement about tolerances vs actually getting a few iPads in and tearing them down and checking the manufacturing plants? I mean less than 2wks and a strong statement like that comes out?!
More importantly you ... the USER or the people!
“I won’t stand for baloney you know!”
“He won’t, he doesn’t stand for baloney!”
(Weird science).
Apple is still up today in the market despite this news. So it doesn’t seem like anybody is surprised by this announcement except for a few people here on MR.
I actually know more people with an XR than an X or XS. My wife and I got new phones in November, my coworker and her daughter both got one, my wife's coworker got one, and one of the auditors who was here just before Thanksgiving had one. I only know two people who have an X and nobody with an XS.
The XR is a great device, but a little overpriced at MSRP. The carrier I bought from was having a BOGO sale so I am paying $799 (I got 128GB) for two phones which brings the average cost down to $400 each. It is totally worth it at that price.
It is what it is?????
What a lame excuse!
Other companies are also selling billions. That does note means they are innovating.
You are one of the few trying to make poor excuses in Apple's behalf.
The biggest issue was Apple's PR response to the bent iPads. They went into detail about what the specs were for manufacturing tolerances and how they were twice as accurate as previous iPads, but they never acknowledged that some out-of-spec devices may have gotten past QC. All they had to do was add one sentence saying "any devices that exceed the 400 micron tolerance will be replaced" and that would have been it.
Apple still hasn't learned from the Steve Jobs' "you're holding it wrong" fiasco or their response to users finding out their phones were being throttled. It is better to admit when there is a problem and assure customers that it will be taken care of.
Market is always ahead. It has already discounted the price accordingly, if it's legit news.
No you’re are being critical (and somewhat hyperbolic) for reasons I don’t agree with.
What other company in the smartphone sector is making $1B day and innovating as much as apple?
I got one!
Then my cubicle mate (previously an SE user) liked it and got one as well. I've seen another one on my floor as well.
