Apple may stop producing iPhone X

Apple's new iPhone demand - iPhone X - was significantly lower than expected, so the company may stop its production in the summer.
This writes about Nypebeast.

According to KGI analysts, in the first quarter of this year, Apple will sell 18 million iPhone, while previously expected sales were in the range of 20-30 million.

Experts attribute this to the trend of extending the lifetime of a smartphone from Chinese users, which has already affected the sales forecasts of Huawei and OPPO brands.

In addition, KGI notes that Chinese consumers prefer large screens, and the display format of the iPhone X and its "eyebrow" reduce the useful area below the iPhone 8 Plus, which dissatisfied potential buyers.

In addition, analysts believe that Apple will completely eliminate the innovative model from production in the middle of 2018, when the next generation trio production cycle will start, which will include two OLED smartphones (in the same format as now, plus the Plus version with 6.5 panels) and one IPS version with 6.1 screens.

The existing iPhone X can stay at around 62 million units sold, while expectations were at around 80 million.

In general, experts expect the company to moderate growth in smartphone sales in the first half of 2018 (within 5%) due to good sales of iPhone 7 and iPhone 6. The closest quarterly report will be published on February 1.

-Recall, Apple responded to allegations of downplaying the speed of old iPhones. The company has recognized that it deliberately reduces the clock speed of the processors.

-Understatement of processor speeds explained the nature of lithium-ion batteries, which are very short-lived and poorly tolerate high and low temperatures.
Subsequently, the company filed two collective actions in the United States against the company . Claims filed in California and Chicago groups that represent other iPhone users. Claimants claim that these users have suffered "economic losses".

-In the United States, the case may be classified as unlawful concealment of essential information. In the opinion of a lawyer, this is a "direct violation" of consumer protection laws in the three states where the plaintiffs he represents represent.

-California resident Violetta Maylian sued Apple for deliberately slowing down legacy iPhone models for $ 999999999000 , which is almost a trillion. The claims of another plaintiff, Rayis Drenthe from New York - $ 100 million.
-The share of Apple in the smartphone market has decreased significantly and in the third quarter of 2017 was 60%.

-Apple apologized for deliberately slowing down the work of the old iPhone . They said that they were trying to extend the life of smartphones in this way.

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