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发帖数: 8711 | | d**k
发帖数: 606 | | f******t
发帖数: 105 | 3 Apple Inc. has cut its component orders for the iPhone 5 due to weaker-
than- expected demand, people familiar with the situation said Monday.
Apple's orders for screens for the January-March quarter, for example,
have dropped to roughly half of what it had previously planned to order, two
of the people said. The U.S. company has also cut orders for components
other than screens, according to one of the people.
Apple notified the suppliers of the order cut last month, they said.
The move indicates that sales of the new iPhone hasn't been as strong as
previously anticipated and demand may be waning. It comes as the Cupertino,
Calif .-company has been facing greater challenges from South Korea's
Samsung Electronics Co. and other makers of smartphones powered by Google
Inc.'s Android mobile operating system. While Apple has set the agenda
for the smartphone market over the past several years since it released its
first iPhone in 2007, Samsung , which sells many Android-based models at
various price points, has already overtaken the U.S. company as the world's
largest smartphone vendor by market share. Demand is also growing for
inexpensive smartphones from Chinese handset makers such as Huawei
Technologies Co.
In the 2012 third quarter, Apple held 14.6% of worldwide smartphone
shipments, down from a peak of 23% in the fourth quarter of 2011 and the
first quarter of 2012, according to IDC.
Samsung's share, meanwhile, rose to 31.3% in the third quarter of 2012
from 8.8% in the third quarter of 2010.
Samsung said earlier this month that it expects to report another record
operating profit in the fourth quarter of last year, capping its best year
ever amid strong sales of its Galaxy line of smartphones. The company
expects an operating profit of between $8.1 billion and $8.5 billion for
the three months ended December. Apple is slated to report earnings later
this month.
The iPhone 5, released in September, represents Apple's effort to maintain
its strong position amid intensifying competition. The latest model comes
with a longer, 4-inch screen compared with the 3.5-inch screens used in all
previous iPhone models. Japan's Sharp Corp. , Japan Display Co. and
South Korea's LG Display Co. are the three suppliers of the screens,
according to people with knowledge of the matter. When the iPhone 5 was
launched, there were concerns that suppliers might not be able to produce
enough to keep up with demand.
Apple representatives weren't immediately available for comment.
Japan's Nikkei reported earlier Monday that Apple has slashed its orders
for iPhone 5 components. | g******n
发帖数: 53185 | 4 上网免费看华尔街日报的方法就是，把需要付费或者subscribe的文章的标题 copy
paste到google里搜一下，第一个链接就能看全文。
【在 d**k 的大作中提到】
: do you need to subscribe first?
| t***s
发帖数: 4666 | 5 doesn't always work
【在 g******n 的大作中提到】
: 上网免费看华尔街日报的方法就是，把需要付费或者subscribe的文章的标题 copy
: paste到google里搜一下，第一个链接就能看全文。
| j***y
发帖数: 1069 | 6 就是因为市值第一,所以一堆人黑, 跌到400正好换个公司上位。下一个能超埃克森的科
技公司不知道是哪个, 目前这些貌似都没戏 | M*******c
发帖数: 4371 | | g******n
发帖数: 53185 | 8 除非是新鲜出炉的文章，一般文章几个小时后都能看
【在 t***s 的大作中提到】
: doesn't always work
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