APPLE WANTS TO REDUCE THE PRODUCTION COSTS OF THIS YEAR’S IPHONE

Apple wants to reduce the production costs of this year's iPhones and therefore exerts pressure on some suppliers of components that you have reduced their prices.

Apple belongs to that group of producers who do not have their own factories, so outsources production of various components for their smartphones external companies. If you believe Digitimes, the Cupertino giant is seeking entry to some of them, that they have reduced the cost of components for this year's iPhone smartphones. His request ,, '' Apple directed to Advanced Semiconductor Engineering and Foxconn group, however, these companies refused to reduce costs by 20%, on the grounds that the lower of 30% of orders from the Americans compared to last year. Apple agrees to the proposal would mean for them too small a profit, and hence the low profitability of production. Interestingly Apple decided not to ask for this favor ,, '' TSMC and Largan Precision, however, is not due to any sympathy, but because of the difficulty in finding alternatives for these two companies. The first one produces for processors and is designed to help developers iOS completely independent in this respect from Samsung and the other supplies components for cameras, and in this field, Apple can not go on concessions, if you do not want to once again give way to competition. By the way, I wonder how in the minds DIRECTOR Apple took the idea to try to reduce the portion of components for iPhones, since the Americans last year scooped more than 90% of the profits from the sale of all smartphones? Could even the creators were not sure of the success of the iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus? Source: Digitimes