Digitimes Apple Lowering Fourth Quarter Orders For Iphone Ipad Parts Update Analyst Debunks
UPDATE [Wednesday, November 9 at 12:10am ET] The article has been updated with an analyst quote in the fourth paragraph. Asian trade publication DigiTimes known for its notoriously mixed track record, reported Wednesday, citing a Commercial Times report, that Apple is asking parts suppliers to delay a portion of their shipments for the fourth quarter of 2011 to the first quarter of 2012. The report blames the decision on the shortages in the supply chain and, interestingly, lower-than-expected pre-sales of iPhone 4S:...