Although no one expected this, the Apple company made the decision to produce many more terminals iPhone 7 than analysts from the USA or Asia anticipated, and its Asian partners would have already received the orders for the manufacture of the new terminals.
According to Asian sources close to Apple, those in Cupertino would have asked the production of 72-78 million units of iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus, the largest number of terminals that Apple has ever requested from its partners.
Although Apple's analysts and partners were expecting orders of 65 million units iPhone 7 si 7 iPhone Plus, in the end the American company made other calculations and believes that the new smartphones will be extremely sought after based on the novelties they will contain.
Foxconn and Pegatron are still the main Apple partners that assemble iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus terminals for the Apple company, those from Foxconn will receive the vast majority of orders, those from Pegatron will manufacture up to 20% - 30% of the total .
Taiwan's Economic Daily said Apple had asked its suppliers to produce 72 to 78 million new iPhones by the end of the year, the highest production target in about two years. The street had expected only 65 million iPhone 7s to be produced this year. Hon Hai Precision Technology will remain the key assembler for iPhone 7 and Pegatron will be involved in the assembly process too.
Considering that iPhone sales are currently declining, few people expect the iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus to be manufactured in very large quantities, but Apple seems to have other plans for the two smartphones new ones.
