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http://tech.sina.com.cn/it/2018-03-26/doc-ifysqfnf7516624.shtml
苹果再砍600万iPhone X产量 已累计减产7500万台
2018年03月26日 11:17 新浪科技
新浪科技讯 北京时间3月26日上午消息，市场咨询公司BlueFin Research Partners的分析师在报告中指出，苹果再次将iPhone X产量下调，2018年上半年，iPhone X的产量减少600万台。上个月已经有消息说苹果下调产量，现在再次下调。
BlueFin在报告中表示：“我们在最近的核查中发现，周末时苹果再次将生产目标下调，而且下调主要来自iPhone X。苹果iPhone X的生产目标下调600万台，曾经苹果为这款OLED设备制定了宏大的生产目标，到目前为止却已经下调7500万多万台。”
分析师认为，在2018年日历年中，苹果将会销售大约2.19亿台iPhone，请注意，在该时间段内下一代iPhone将会上市并销售3个月。另外，2.19亿台的销量预测有一个前提：即将推出的3款新iPhone得到市场的认可。
整个智能手机市场快要触顶，对于市场的动荡，苹果也无法“免疫”。在目前的产品线中，真正激动人心的产品起步要999美元，比之前的任何iPhone起点都要高。
照猜测，苹果即将推出的3款新iPhone仍然会有足够强的吸引力，可以帮助苹果度过停滞期。从长远来看，要让现有iPhone用户大规模升级，难度越来越大，相应的，想在高端智能手机市场获得更大份额也变得越来越难。
苹果iPhone出货量陷入多年停滞，加上智能手机市场长远预期暗淡无光，有一件事越来越明显：苹果需要在iPhone之外寻找可持续增长动力。
对于苹果来说，核心产品（比如Mac、iPad、iPhone）很难成为长远增长动力，因为整个PC、平板、智能手机市场的增长已经很慢了。如果想获得长远增长，必须依靠新型产品或者（和）正在增长的产品类。有些产品有增长潜力，比如Apple Watch，它的增速相当惊人；还有音频产品，比如AirPods和HomePod；以及各种服务，比如苹果Music和App Store。苹果可能会进入全新的市场，推出新服务，让增长速度进一步加快。
就短期来说，因为iPhone在整个苹果业务中占有如此大的份额，现在该业务不再增长，想靠其它增长性业务来弥补相当困难，即使将这些业务加在一起也无法弥补。从长远来看，如果一直高速增长的产品类继续之前的趋势，如果苹果成功推出新产品和新服务，即使今天驱动苹果前进的业务继续停滞，未来苹果的营收与利润也可以获得不错的增长。(星海)
http://fortune.com/2018/01/29/apple-iphone-x-sales-production-targets/
Apple Is Reportedly Cutting Its iPhone X Production Target By 50%
Apple’s iPhone X Is Packed With New Features
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By Reuters
January 29, 2018
Apple Inc has notified suppliers that it will halve its iPhone X production target for the first quarter to around 20 million units, Nikkei reported on Monday without citing a source.
The cut was prompted by slower-than-expected sales in the holiday shopping season in Europe, the United States and China, Nikkei reported.
The report added that Apple is expected to maintain a total production target of 30 million units for lower priced models such as the iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus and iPhone 7.
Apple Japan replied to Nikkei’s request for comment by stating that it would confirm the details with headquarters.
Reuters could not immediately reach Apple’s U.S. headquarters for comment outside regular business hours.
https://mashable.com/2018/01/29/apple-to-cut-iphone-x-production-in-half/#wP1yH_F5rOqw
Slumping iPhone X sales may have convinced Apple to cut production
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By Mark KaufmanJan 30, 2018
Stagnant iPhone X sales have prompted Apple to dramatically slice production of the tech giant's latest and most advanced handset, according to a report from the Japanese financial newspaper The Nikkei Asian Review.
Apple initially planned to produce 40 million of these handsets at its Chinese factories between January and March 2018, but Apple has reportedly cut this goal in half to 20 million.
SEE ALSO: Why the iPhone's huge slowdown problem doesn't affect Android
Apparently, major markets in the U.S., China, and Europe are to blame for the now-sluggish sales after an initial buzz following the phone's release in November.
Two obvious culprits might be contributing to the phone's decline in sales. First, is the phone's hefty minimum price of nearly $1,000. The other is that Apple's main competitor, Samsung, is the main producer of the phone's OLED displays (next-generation displays that produce sharp image quality) and can reportedly charge Apple between $120 and $130 per display.
For the 2018 iPhones, Apple is rumored to be producing a successor to the iPhone X as well as a large-screen version, dubbed the "iPhone X Plus" (which doesn't make a ton of sense since the iPhone X is the current phone, but whatever). For those phones, Apple may have some of their OLED screens produced by the tech manufacturer LG Electronics, potentially reducing the price Apple pays for the high-definition displays.
These big cuts in production, however, don't nearly imply that the iPhone X has flopped. Although Apple's latest earning report hasn't yet been released, it likely has sold millions of the new phones globally, and the product serves as Apple's testing ground for technologies that will lay the groundwork for the iPhone for the next 10 years (e.g. Face ID). Apple knew the iPhone X was a necessary risk: Apple didn't just offer its most expensive phone ever, it introduced the masses to a new facial recognition feature that came with both amazement and months of speculation about security concerns.
There's also a compelling argument to be made that Apple had always planned to discontinue the phone before its first birthday in fall 2018, as Mashable's Tech Editor Pete Pachal previously discussed. With the release of the new iPhones (including a more affordable edge-to-edge model that uses LCD screen tech) and existence of lower-cost iPhone 8 and 7 models, there might soon simply not be a place for the iPhone X in the iPhone product lineup anymore.
WATCH: Apple admits that new updates slow older iPhones—but for a good reason
Topics: Apple, big-tech-companies, consumer-tech, iphone prices, iphone sales, iPhone X, iphone-x-face-id, Tech
http://tech.sina.com.cn/it/2018-03-26/doc-ifysqfnf7516624.shtml
苹果再砍600万iPhone X产量 已累计减产7500万台
2018年03月26日 11:17 新浪科技
新浪科技讯 北京时间3月26日上午消息，市场咨询公司BlueFin Research Partners的分析师在报告中指出，苹果再次将iPhone X产量下调，2018年上半年，iPhone X的产量减少600万台。上个月已经有消息说苹果下调产量，现在再次下调。
BlueFin在报告中表示：“我们在最近的核查中发现，周末时苹果再次将生产目标下调，而且下调主要来自iPhone X。苹果iPhone X的生产目标下调600万台，曾经苹果为这款OLED设备制定了宏大的生产目标，到目前为止却已经下调7500万多万台。”
分析师认为，在2018年日历年中，苹果将会销售大约2.19亿台iPhone，请注意，在该时间段内下一代iPhone将会上市并销售3个月。另外，2.19亿台的销量预测有一个前提：即将推出的3款新iPhone得到市场的认可。
整个智能手机市场快要触顶，对于市场的动荡，苹果也无法“免疫”。在目前的产品线中，真正激动人心的产品起步要999美元，比之前的任何iPhone起点都要高。
照猜测，苹果即将推出的3款新iPhone仍然会有足够强的吸引力，可以帮助苹果度过停滞期。从长远来看，要让现有iPhone用户大规模升级，难度越来越大，相应的，想在高端智能手机市场获得更大份额也变得越来越难。
苹果iPhone出货量陷入多年停滞，加上智能手机市场长远预期暗淡无光，有一件事越来越明显：苹果需要在iPhone之外寻找可持续增长动力。
对于苹果来说，核心产品（比如Mac、iPad、iPhone）很难成为长远增长动力，因为整个PC、平板、智能手机市场的增长已经很慢了。如果想获得长远增长，必须依靠新型产品或者（和）正在增长的产品类。有些产品有增长潜力，比如Apple Watch，它的增速相当惊人；还有音频产品，比如AirPods和HomePod；以及各种服务，比如苹果Music和App Store。苹果可能会进入全新的市场，推出新服务，让增长速度进一步加快。
就短期来说，因为iPhone在整个苹果业务中占有如此大的份额，现在该业务不再增长，想靠其它增长性业务来弥补相当困难，即使将这些业务加在一起也无法弥补。从长远来看，如果一直高速增长的产品类继续之前的趋势，如果苹果成功推出新产品和新服务，即使今天驱动苹果前进的业务继续停滞，未来苹果的营收与利润也可以获得不错的增长。(星海)
http://fortune.com/2018/01/29/apple-iphone-x-sales-production-targets/
Apple Is Reportedly Cutting Its iPhone X Production Target By 50%
Apple’s iPhone X Is Packed With New Features
Prices start at $999.
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Current Time 0:13
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Duration Time 2:37
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Here’s When Apple Will Release its Original Programming
Apple and IBM Want to Make App Making Easier
Microsoft’s Race to $1 Trillion
By Reuters
January 29, 2018
Apple Inc has notified suppliers that it will halve its iPhone X production target for the first quarter to around 20 million units, Nikkei reported on Monday without citing a source.
The cut was prompted by slower-than-expected sales in the holiday shopping season in Europe, the United States and China, Nikkei reported.
The report added that Apple is expected to maintain a total production target of 30 million units for lower priced models such as the iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus and iPhone 7.
Apple Japan replied to Nikkei’s request for comment by stating that it would confirm the details with headquarters.
Reuters could not immediately reach Apple’s U.S. headquarters for comment outside regular business hours.
https://mashable.com/2018/01/29/apple-to-cut-iphone-x-production-in-half/#wP1yH_F5rOqw
Slumping iPhone X sales may have convinced Apple to cut production
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By Mark KaufmanJan 30, 2018Stagnant iPhone X sales have prompted Apple to dramatically slice production of the tech giant's latest and most advanced handset, according to a report from the Japanese financial newspaper The Nikkei Asian Review.
Apple initially planned to produce 40 million of these handsets at its Chinese factories between January and March 2018, but Apple has reportedly cut this goal in half to 20 million.
SEE ALSO: Why the iPhone's huge slowdown problem doesn't affect Android
Apparently, major markets in the U.S., China, and Europe are to blame for the now-sluggish sales after an initial buzz following the phone's release in November.
Two obvious culprits might be contributing to the phone's decline in sales. First, is the phone's hefty minimum price of nearly $1,000. The other is that Apple's main competitor, Samsung, is the main producer of the phone's OLED displays (next-generation displays that produce sharp image quality) and can reportedly charge Apple between $120 and $130 per display.
For the 2018 iPhones, Apple is rumored to be producing a successor to the iPhone X as well as a large-screen version, dubbed the "iPhone X Plus" (which doesn't make a ton of sense since the iPhone X is the current phone, but whatever). For those phones, Apple may have some of their OLED screens produced by the tech manufacturer LG Electronics, potentially reducing the price Apple pays for the high-definition displays.
These big cuts in production, however, don't nearly imply that the iPhone X has flopped. Although Apple's latest earning report hasn't yet been released, it likely has sold millions of the new phones globally, and the product serves as Apple's testing ground for technologies that will lay the groundwork for the iPhone for the next 10 years (e.g. Face ID). Apple knew the iPhone X was a necessary risk: Apple didn't just offer its most expensive phone ever, it introduced the masses to a new facial recognition feature that came with both amazement and months of speculation about security concerns.
There's also a compelling argument to be made that Apple had always planned to discontinue the phone before its first birthday in fall 2018, as Mashable's Tech Editor Pete Pachal previously discussed. With the release of the new iPhones (including a more affordable edge-to-edge model that uses LCD screen tech) and existence of lower-cost iPhone 8 and 7 models, there might soon simply not be a place for the iPhone X in the iPhone product lineup anymore.
WATCH: Apple admits that new updates slow older iPhones—but for a good reason
Topics: Apple, big-tech-companies, consumer-tech, iphone prices, iphone sales, iPhone X, iphone-x-face-id, Tech
