Apple cancels its plans for a major ramp for the iPhone XR

According to some sources, Apple has canceled plans to significantly increase the capacity of its iPhone XR, Foxconn and Pegatron plans to deploy fewer manufacturing lines for the cheapest phone Apple's cheapest. Apparently, Apple apparently requests more than iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus, up to 5 million additional units, for a total of 25 million older iPhone units requested for the quarter.

This news comes from Asia Nikkei Review, which also claims that Apple has asked Wistron to place an order, but has since indicated that it would not use any additional capacity for production. iPhone XR. "The use of XR production is not reaching its maximum capacity now," said Nikkei's source.

Unsurprisingly (and unverified)

Before delving into this topic, I would recommend caution when Apple and iPhones are concerned. Last year, several trusted publications claimed that Apple's iPhone X had already experienced production problems or was not selling very well. The phone seems to have progressed more slowly than some of Apple's previous flagship products, but it has become the best-selling phone during most of the first half of 2018. Apple's desire to make the most of the phone is over. increase prices in all areas testifies to the strength of an iPhone X product was. Given the disparity between what we saw about the iPhone X last year and its performance over 12 months, some caution is required.

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At the same time, Apple has made major changes to its entire iPhone product line this year, as it has never done before. In 2018, the base prices have not just increased: this is the first time that Apple does not offer to refresh its small devices. The company killed the iPhone SE without making any announcement. And if you like small devices, the iPhone XR is actually the secondworst Apple phone to replace your old phone by – the iPhone XS is narrower, at 2.8 inches against 2.98. Apple's new product lines are very different from the old ones, and it's entirely possible that customers will always know which devices they want to buy.

The success of the iPhone X and its positive impact on Apple's MSRP are proof that the company had room to increase its prices, but there will inevitably be customers left behind. It is quite possible that the reason why Apple does not need a lot of XR is that most customers choose the highest-end models or opt for the cheapest and cheapest products . With the SE iPhone canceled, I would not personally recommend anything over the iPhone 7, but I am very much in the minority regarding device size preferences and my refusal to pay more for a social-media-and-selfie-box that I would pay for a full-fledged laptop. Most people do not buy like me. And finally, after the considerable success of Apple, I'm not ready to bet that the company misread his client, shortly after the triple launch of the iPhone.

Reducing the XR could simply mean that the XS and XS Max are selling even better than what Apple expected, and it is increasing the production of the iPhone 8/8 Plus to meet the needs of those who do not choose move on to the new paradigm again. If this is true, we could easily witness a new round of price increases next year: Apple is not going to stop taking advantage of the revenue stream until it finds a decline its net profit, and its decision to stop reporting sales of units avoids analysts able to track whether the company is trading total sales for higher profits.

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