Apple's iPhone X Supplier Continue Struggle With TrueDepth Camera, As The Handset Production Increased To 400K Per Week

According to Japan's  Nikkei Asian Review  new report, suggests that customers looking to get an iPhone X this year might face quite th...

According to Japan's Nikkei Asian Review new report, suggests that customers looking to get an iPhone X this year might face quite the challenge. The underlying reason is that Apple's suppliers are still struggling to perfect manufacturing of the iPhone X's TrueDepth camera and 3D facial recognition system. We first heard about the production issues from KGI analyst Ming-Chi Kuo a few weeks ago. 

Taipei-based Yuanta Investment Consulting analyst Jeff Pu, has cut his forecast of the number of the handset that will be produced this year from 40 million units to 36 million. It's the second time he has revised down his estimate, which originally totaled 45 million earlier this year. 

While Rosenblatt research indicates that iPhone X production has recently increased from 100,000 units per week to 400,000 units per week. This's a significant improvement in relative terms, but the absolute numbers are still pretty bleak, assuming they are accurate.

Apple usually sells millions of iPhones in the preorder period along, and analysts believe the same will be true for the highly-anticipated iPhone X despite higher prices. It certainly seems a good portion of ‘hardcore’ Apple iPhone buyers have skipped on the iPhone 8 series and are instead waiting for the X’s debut.

The Nikkei report believe that the iPhone X will enter mass production in mid-October and begin to be shipped from China to the first wave of launch countries next week. iPhone X pre-orders begin Friday, October 27, just over two weeks from now. The device officially launches Friday, November 3.

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