Plan for 2021 remains largely unchanged
According to the source, he has learned that Apple is cutting back its planned production of the iPhone 12 mini in the first half of this year as part of a broader adjustment to its release plans formulated at the end of last year.
Apple cuts orders for the assembly of the iPhone 12 mini for this half
According to whistleblowers familiar with the matter, the American tech giant is cutting orders for all iPhones by about 20% from December plans, with the iPhone 12 mini, Apple’s cheapest 5G phone, the most affected.
Apple allegedly ordered its manufacturing partners late last year to stock components and parts for 96 million smartphones in the first six months of 2021.
At one point, Apple even told some vendors that it needed components for more than 100 million iPhones in the first half of the year. This was done in order not to suffer from a lack of components and production capacity.
However, the company is now aiming to produce about 75 million devices. At the same time, the plan for the year as a whole remained the same – 230 million iPhone smartphones, which is 11% more than last year.
