Nikkei: Apple Tells Suppliers to Cancel Plans for Additional iPhone XR Production Lines

I’m not shocked at all. Apples greed is out of control.

For the price of a XR people can buy OLED, dual or triple camera phones from other brands such as Samsung and Huawei. The only reason I'd buy it if I couldn't afford the Xs Max would be access to iOS.

With Apple no longer reporting iPhone sales numbers, it’s a free-for-all when it comes to Apple rumours now.

The very fact that they stopped reporting numbers should tell us that, they are no longer that good.

No publicly traded company hides news that would spike their shares

Hope this is a good indicator to Apple. Your phones are too expensive.
Just chill a bit with the prices will ya?

('https://www.macrumors.com/2018/11/05/additional-iphone-xr-production-canceled/')

Apple has told iPhone assemblers to halt plans for additional production lines dedicated to the iPhone XR, claimed a new report on Monday.

According to sources cited by the Nikkei Asian Review ('https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Companies/Apple-cancels-production-boost-for-budget-iPhone-XR-sources'), Apple has informed Taiwanese smartphone manufacturers Foxconn and Pegatron of the cancelation, which the report said signaled "disappointing demand" for Apple's lower cost flagship model, which launched late last month.

As for Pegatron, the iPhone assembler is said to be "suspending plans to ramp up production and awaiting further instructions from Apple," according to Nikkei's supply chain sources.

Apple has reportedly also asked smaller iPhone assembler Wistron to stand by for rush orders, but Nikkei's sources said the company will receive no orders for the iPhone XR this holiday season.

Nikkei's reporting on iPhone supplies has been off the mark in recent years, with claims of Apple slashing iPhone production orders on weak demand being at odds with later sales figures.

The latest report also clashes with recent remarks ('https://www.macrumors.com/2018/10/22/kuo-iphone-xr-pre-orders-exceeding-iphone-8-series/') made by noted Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, who said that iPhone XR pre-order demand in the first three days of the device's availability was "better than that" of the iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus during the same period last year.

Kuo said that although pre-order demand immediately after launch has been lower for the iPhone XR versus the flagship iPhone XS models, overall iPhone XR shipment momentum is "more stable" because it will drive more customers to upgrade than the iPhone 8 series over time.

On the flip side, some analysts expressed concerns that the iPhone XR's strong availability following launch implied weak sales of the $749 handset.

In addition, Apple's $89 to $93 billion revenue forecast for the first fiscal quarter of 2019 was cautious in its earnings call, but Apple blamed ('https://www.macrumors.com/2018/11/01/apple-weak-holiday-sales-forecast-explanation/') this on foreign exchange costs, issues with supply/demand balance, and weakness in emerging markets.

Apple CFO Maestri also explained that Apple had "some uncertainty ('https://www.macrumors.com/2018/11/01/apple-weak-holiday-sales-forecast-explanation/')" around supply/demand balance for the "unprecedented number" of new products the company had launched over the last six weeks.

The launch timing of the new iPhones was also said to be a factor, with the iPhone XR coming later than the XS and the XS Max. This had an effect on Apple's Q4 revenue and is also expected to impact Q1.

Article Link: Nikkei: Apple Told Suppliers to Cancel Plans for Additional iPhone XR Production Lines ('https://www.macrumors.com/2018/11/05/additional-iphone-xr-production-canceled/')

That 5 mm bezel though

I took a look at one of those in Best Buy yesterday as I’m looking to replace my 7Plus.

Meh. Maybe it was half the price I’d consider it.

Just felt and looked cheap.

For someone like my dad, he wouldn’t notice the resolution drop, but he would completely balk at the price.

That should be a $499 phone.

There are a lot of different iPhones out there now. They still sell some old models. I think this has more to do with them offering several iPhones at once instead of weak iPhone demand.

I think the delay in release also may have had an impact on this. Having over a month between shipping of the flagship and a comparable lower base model will surely have swayed a good number of buyers in my opinion.

And here we go with negative iPhone reports from the “supply chain”. This is what we’ll get from now until the next earnings report. :rolleyes:

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