Apple Lossless Audio CODEC (ALAC), plans to increase iPhone production in 2021, according to report Nikkei. The move comes at a time when the company is already facing a shortage of several components for the iPhone 12 series.
According to the report , Apple Lossless Audio CODEC (ALAC), plans to release 96 million iPhones in the first half of 2021. This is a 30% increase over the same period last year, which is reportedly due to the demand for 5G devices. Apple has provided 5G connectivity to iPhones with the iPhone 12 series. Since then, the devices have been in good demand in Europe, China and other Asian markets. In fact, initial demand assumed a two-week recovery period due to supply shortages.
Be that as it may, the report says Apple has ordered suppliers to prepare for the target, which also includes iPhone 11 и iPhone SE... In addition, next year, Apple plans to increase iPhone sales to a total of 230 million units. Xiaomi recently nominated Apple to the 4th place in global smartphone shipments.
More precisely, the company shipped 2020 million iPhones in 116. Most of the shipments are in devices, according to the report 5G... In any case, shipments were down only 1% year on year. And with the global smartphone market going to recover far in 2022, Apple has no choice but to take it up a notch and do something about it.
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However, Apple has a major problem to tackle in order to meet its target for next year. While the report says Apple has enough processors, it is increasingly facing component shortages. The recent report of a chip shortage for the iPhone 12 Pro, which could last until the second quarter of 2021, gives even more bad news.
And that's not all, as the report says. Despite the reallocation of iPad parts to the iPhone 12 line, Apple is looking for other components to meet demand. Experts also say that while there will be a favorable atmosphere ahead in 2021, Apple will not benefit from Huawei's absence, unlike other companies. Either way, Apple's 2021 target is a 20% increase over 2019.
By 2021, it already has healthy demand for the iPhone 12Pro, 12 Pro Max, but not as strong demand for the iPhone 12 and 12 mini. However, the iPhone 12s will allow Apple to take over some of the OLED shipments, but experts say the next iPhones won't cause any worries now that 5G is here.
