Apple cuts production of iPad to secure parts for iPhone 13
According to officials, iPad production has decreased by 50% from the original plan over the past two months, and parts for older iPhones have been transferred to the iPhone 13. Nikkei Asia reports.
iPhone 13The iPad and iPhone models share many parts, including both core and peripheral chips, allowing Apple to shift supply between different devices in certain cases. It says.
Apple is prioritizing the production of the iPhone 13 because the European and American markets have begun to recover from the coronavirus pandemic, and it is predicted that demand for smartphones will increase over iPads. Officials say it's because
This is not the first time Apple has prioritized the iPhone over the iPad, and in 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic, to protect its most iconic product from supply chain constraints, It once reallocated some of the iPad's components to its first full-range 5G phone, the iPhone 12.
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