How do you ensure that your company will be able to meet the demand of consumers? This is one question that Apple iPhone supply and production department needs to answer before the big event this September.
Since the launch of the first iPhone, Apple has always faced the prospect of impending shortage of supply. More often than not, innovative ways were developed in the nick of time to get around the company’s manufacturing difficulties. This year is no exception.
However, Apple’s move to finally give consumers what they want with a larger display on the iPhone 6 will undoubtedly make keeping up with demand at launch even more difficult than it normally is. And make no mistake, keeping up with iPhone demand is no easy task — Apple sold 9 million handsets through the iPhone 5S and 5C’s first weekend of availability, alone.
So this year, Apple has reportedly made a big change that will help ensure there are enough iPhones to go around when the hotly anticipated new iPhone 6 launches next month.
Citing multiple unnamed sources within Apple’s supply chain, Digitimes reported that Apple has made a huge change to its manufacturing process in 2014.
Whereas the world’s top original device manufacturer Foxconn is believed to have been responsible for producing the bulk of Apple’s iPhones over the years, Apple has reportedly tasked Foxconn rival Pegatron with building 50 percent of the iPhone 6 units set to be produced in 2014.
With Apple reportedly having placed orders for 50 million iPhone 6 units to be built this year, it would mean Pegatron will churn out 25 million of them.
Apple’s next-generation iPhone 6 is expected to be revealed during a press conference on 9th September ahead of a release the following week on Friday, 19th September. A larger iPhone phablet with a 5.5-inch display is then believed to be launching sometime later this year.
Since the launch of the first iPhone, Apple has always faced the prospect of impending shortage of supply. More often than not, innovative ways were developed in the nick of time to get around the company’s manufacturing difficulties. This year is no exception.
However, Apple’s move to finally give consumers what they want with a larger display on the iPhone 6 will undoubtedly make keeping up with demand at launch even more difficult than it normally is. And make no mistake, keeping up with iPhone demand is no easy task — Apple sold 9 million handsets through the iPhone 5S and 5C’s first weekend of availability, alone.
So this year, Apple has reportedly made a big change that will help ensure there are enough iPhones to go around when the hotly anticipated new iPhone 6 launches next month.
Citing multiple unnamed sources within Apple’s supply chain, Digitimes reported that Apple has made a huge change to its manufacturing process in 2014.
Whereas the world’s top original device manufacturer Foxconn is believed to have been responsible for producing the bulk of Apple’s iPhones over the years, Apple has reportedly tasked Foxconn rival Pegatron with building 50 percent of the iPhone 6 units set to be produced in 2014.
With Apple reportedly having placed orders for 50 million iPhone 6 units to be built this year, it would mean Pegatron will churn out 25 million of them.
Apple’s next-generation iPhone 6 is expected to be revealed during a press conference on 9th September ahead of a release the following week on Friday, 19th September. A larger iPhone phablet with a 5.5-inch display is then believed to be launching sometime later this year.
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