Apple delays production of larger iPad - WSJ
Reuters
.jpg)
Oct 9 - Apple Inc suppliers have delayed the production of a larger iPad to early next year, the WallStreet Journal reported, citing people familiar with the matter.
The suppliers had planned to start producing the largerscreen tablet in mass volume beginning in December, but havebeen struggling to produce enough new iPhones to keep up withdemand, the WSJ said. (http://on.wsj.com/1vOGmWU)
Foxconn Technology Co Ltd, which assembles iPhonesand iPads, has 200,000 workers in China already putting togethernew iPhones and making items such as metal casings, the Journalsaid.
Apple is expected to launch the new iPads at an event on Oct. 16.
Asian suppliers expect Apple's larger tablet to have a12.9-inch liquid-crystal-display screen with a resolutionsimilar to the iPad Air launched in October last year, the WSJsaid.
Data research firm IDC said in August that it expectedtablet sales to slow globally in 2014.
Apple was not immediately available for comment.
The company said it sold more than 10 million of its newiPhones in the first weekend they were available in September.
(Reporting by Anya George Tharakan in Bangalore; Editing by TedKerr)
Oct 9 - Apple Inc suppliers have delayed the production of a larger iPad to early next year, the WallStreet Journal reported, citing people familiar with the matter.
The suppliers had planned to start producing the largerscreen tablet in mass volume beginning in December, but havebeen struggling to produce enough new iPhones to keep up withdemand, the WSJ said. (http://on.wsj.com/1vOGmWU)
Foxconn Technology Co Ltd, which assembles iPhonesand iPads, has 200,000 workers in China already putting togethernew iPhones and making items such as metal casings, the Journalsaid.
Apple is expected to launch the new iPads at an event on Oct. 16.
Asian suppliers expect Apple's larger tablet to have a12.9-inch liquid-crystal-display screen with a resolutionsimilar to the iPad Air launched in October last year, the WSJsaid.
Data research firm IDC said in August that it expectedtablet sales to slow globally in 2014.
Apple was not immediately available for comment.
The company said it sold more than 10 million of its newiPhones in the first weekend they were available in September.
(Reporting by Anya George Tharakan in Bangalore; Editing by TedKerr)
0 comments:
Post a Comment