Apple has decided to adjust the proportion of deliveries of new smartphones on the background of successful sales of the iPhone 6 Plus, said Wednesday DigiTimes. 5.5-inch version of the iPhone consumers enjoy higher demand than the iPhone 6. demand structure is as follows: 60% - iPhone 6 Plus, 40% - iPhone 6.
In this regard, Apple has decided to adjust the ratio of the supply of new smartphones in favor of the iPhone 6 Plus. Part of the production facilities, designed to build iPhone 6 will be available for release fabletov. However, component suppliers and contract assemblers can not make changes in a moment, but because the retail channel will have to wait some time before delivery iPhone 6 Plus will be released to an appropriate level to eliminate the deficit.
According to DigiTimes, in I quarter 2015 orders for the production of chipsets for the new iPhone will remain high and will exceed 50 million units. It is reported that Apple has asked suppliers of chips to ensure that the number of chips that is necessary for the production of more than 200 million copies of the iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus and Apple Watch.
Meanwhile, Apple is preparing to launch production of a new processor A9, which will form the basis of its future mobile devices. As the newspaper writes, to get an order to manufacture it want two companies: TSMC Taiwan and South Korea's Samsung. However, the chances of the latter are very small because of the difficulties with the integration of 14-nm FinFET.Bypassed Samsung and a large order for the production of chips A8. Nevertheless, sources suggest that the Korean manufacturer has a certain potential in the 20-nm process technology, and he can still get up to 30% of orders for release A8.