What decline? Apple watchers may be viewing 2016 as the year iPhone numbers finally fall off, but that doom narrative is contradicted by a new report suggesting that Apple has placed far higher than expected numbers for iPhone 7 production for this year.
According to a new report coming out of Taiwan, Apple has requested that its suppliers assemble between 72-78 million new iPhones by the time 2017 rolls around. This is significantly more than the 65 million handsets Wall Street had been predicting.
The report suggests that Foxconn will remain the key assembler for the iPhone 7, with support from Pegatron. As well as being assemblers for the next-gen iPhone, both companies will play a part in building the dual camera systems and “glass casing components” needed for the device.
Taken in conjunction with the recent report that the iPhone 7 may turn out to be a more significant upgrade than some are predicting, that’s certainly good news!
Source: Economic Daily Times
Via: Barrons
Luke Dormehl is a U.K.-based journalist and author, with a background working in documentary film for Channel 4 and the BBC. He is the author of The Apple Revolution and The Formula: How Algorithms Solve All Our Problems … and Create More, both published by Penguin/Random House. His tech writing has also appeared in Wired, Fast Company, Techmeme and other publications.
3 responses to “iPhone 7 production orders may far exceed expectations”
I will not buy another Apple product until they make Ipad Pro iOS/OSX hybrid + trackpad keyboard.
Haven’t there been some analysts pushing this theory that iPhone 7 demand will be quite low due to lack of interest based on not enough improved features? I still don’t see how anyone can make such a call on a product that isn’t even in production.
It has been rumored by Taiwan news media since last week. I’ve no idea where and how they obtained that info. Could possibly be a screening smoke made by the new government.