Apple Trimming iPhone 5C Production, Increasing iPhone 5S Production

<p>According to several supply chain checks reported by <a title&equals;"NPD" href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;displaysearchblog&period;com&sol;2013&sol;10&sol;ciao-for-iphone-5c&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener noreferrer">NPD DisplaySearch<&sol;a>&comma; Apple is decreasing production of its iPhone 5C by 35 percent&comma; while production of the higher-end iPhone 5S will see a 75 percent increase in order to catch up to demand&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Adding to the lower production is NPD&&num;8217&semi;s report that the iPhone 5C was released in China with expectations of carrier subsidies&period; Unfortunately&comma; these local carriers had to pick and choose which phones to subsidize&period; By choosing to subsidize new iPhone 5C subscribers&comma; it leaves carriers with less to subsidize&comma; said NPD analysts Tina Teng and Shawn Lee&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&&num;8220&semi;Perhaps Apple miscalculated the launch timing&comma; considering they were aiming at the China market&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>To provide context&comma; the iPhone 5C is basically a repackaged iPhone 5 with a plastic shell and different cellular antennas that allow for more LTE bands&period; While the iPhone 5S is still seeing delays in shipping&comma; the iPhone 5C has been in ample supply&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>We are sure to hear the whole story during Apple&&num;8217&semi;s call with Wall Street analysts on October 28&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&lbrack;Source&colon; <a title&equals;"Apple" href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;news&period;cnet&period;com&sol;8301-13579&lowbar;3-57608278-37&sol;apple-again-said-to-be-trimming-iphone-5c-production&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener noreferrer">CNET<&sol;a>&rsqb;<&sol;p>&NewLine;