Apple’s Suppliers Aiming to Produce 75 Million New iPhones in Second Half of 2019

Apple’s provide chain is at the moment aiming to produce elements for up to 75 million iPhones in the second half of this yr, roughly the identical as in the identical time interval final yr, in accordance to Bloomberg. The manufacturing targets counsel Apple expects iPhone demand to stabilize this yr after current dips in unit gross sales largely offset by will increase in common costs.

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Jeff Pu at GF Securities estimates that shipments of newly launched iPhones will rise to 74 million in the second half, up about 7% from his estimate of 69 million final yr, whereas TF International analyst Ming-Chi Kuo forecast that Apple would promote 75 million to 80 million new iPhones in the second half of 2018. This yr’s volumes could sign stabilization after a yr of uncertainty, although that’s a far cry from the double-digit development numbers of years previous.

As Bloomberg notes, the truth that suppliers are planning for manufacturing of 75 million models does not imply Apple will promote that many, however suppliers are additionally reportedly succesful of pushing output to 80 million models if demand requires it. As all the time, Apple will assess demand following the launch of the brand new iPhones and alter manufacturing accordingly.

Apple has additionally stopped publicly reporting unit gross sales of iPhones and different merchandise in its quarterly earnings releases, making it tougher for analysts and others to observe these numbers over time and requiring them to calculate unit gross sales based mostly on reported income numbers and estimated common costs.

We’re anticipating this yr’s new iPhones to look very comparable to the present lineup, with three new fashions serving as successors to the iPhone XS, XS Max and XR on the similar show sizes. The most blatant exterior distinction would be the rear digicam, which will probably be housed in a sq. bump and see the iPhone XS and XS Max successors bump up to three lenses from the present two whereas the iPhone XR successor strikes from one lens to two.

For extra particulars on what we count on with the following iPhones in phrases of design and capabilities, take a look at our current hands-on video with dummy models and our devoted 2019 iPhone roundup.