Let’s put this in simple terms. iPhone production had to be cut 20% in general. That’s bad. However, the mini production had to be cut 70%. 70! That’s really, really, REALLY bad.It’s one of the top 10 selling models, beating all but 3 Android models, selling 1% in January means it sold millions. Millions of people in one month alone wanted it. Millions.
It’s pretty obvious that Apple vastly overestimated the potential sales of the mini. This puts the mini line in a very, very precarious position.