Apple iPhone X production issues ease but deliveries 'halved' - report
Apple will take a much smaller than expected delivery of its new iPhone X model, it was reported on Tuesday, sending shares in the world's largest company lower in pre-market trading in New York.
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Initial shipments of the new smartphone model will reach roughly 20m units, the Nikkei reported, which is half the planned amount for the year.
Last month Apple was revealed to be facing setbacks in the production of the iPhone X due to an imbalance of the key pair of components affecting the device’s new facial recognition system.
The ‘Romeo' and 'Juliet’ parts of the 3-D sensor facial recognition system, which rely on each other to function, are being manufactured by LG and Sharp.
Numbers of acceptable units were only improved toward the end of September and other manufacturers may soon come on stream, Nikkei reported on Tuesday, so Apple was now able to produce 10m phones per month, but will not begin selling the model until 3 November.
With the 64 gigabyte version of the iPhone X costing UK consumers £999 and a 256 gigabyte version as much as £1,149, it is the company’s most expensive smartphone to date and will cost more than some of Apple's lower-range MacBook laptops.