Apple peels back on production boost
Apple is scaling back planned production lines for its iPhone XR
Apple has told its smartphone assemblers Foxconn and Pegatron to halt plans for additional production lines dedicated to the iPhone XR, which hit shelves in October, the Nikkei reported on Monday. Apple has also asked smaller iPhone assembler Wistron to stand by for rush orders, but the company will receive no orders for the iPhone XR this season, the report said, citing supply chain sources. “For the Foxconn side, it first prepared nearly 60 assembly lines for Apple’s XR model, but recently uses only around 45 production lines as its top customer said it does not need to manufacture that many by now,” the Nikkei quoted a source as saying. At its iPhone launch event in September, Apple introduced the lower-cost iPhone XR, made of aluminum, along with two other models, the XS and XS Max. Five years ago, Apple cut production orders for its plastic-backed iPhone 5C a month after its launch, fuelling speculation of weak demand for the model. The Cupertino, California-based company warne...
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