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In the world, the delivery time of iPhone XS smartphones from the factory to the consumer after orders has decreased to 1-2 weeks, the reason for which has remained a mystery until now. Detractors of Apple believe that the smartphone is simply not enough to buy at such a high price. Fans of Apple products claim that the company simply began to produce smartphones faster and improved the current production technology on new iphone xs or expanded the production line of this flagship model specifically in order not to make their customers wait a long time for the desired purchase.
KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo specializes in the products of this manufacturer, and his opinion has a certain weight. According to him, it's all about increasing production efficiency, which is why more telephones come off the assembly lines every day. Two months ago, Apple produced 50-150 thousand iPhone XS per day. The latest information says that it was possible to increase this indicator to 450-550 thousand per day, which is designed to fully satisfy the current demand for this model and even make a reserve for the future, because according to the forecasts of experts, its popularity will remain as high as ever.
Manufacturers managed to remove the most problematic places and completely level some points that slowed down the speed of phone production. The companies LG, Innotek and Sharp were able to increase the efficiency of the output of the dot projector as part of the TrueDepth camera. This component marks the user's face when the Face ID recognition system is working. The production efficiency of this component was less than 60% just two months ago, and now it is 80%-90%. Deliveries of LTE antennas from the company Career for November and December may increase by 100%.
It is difficult to imagine that there was a time when the production efficiency of the iPhone XS was only 10%. With increased efficiency in the 4th quarter of the year, the volume of device deliveries may exceed forecasts by 10%. The orders that were supposed to be implemented in the 2nd quarter of 2019 can be fulfilled significantly ahead of schedule thanks to the unprecedented high activity of buyers of the flagship novelty from the American company.
Morgan Stanley predicts that Apple will sell a record number of iPhones in 2019, 262 million units. The current record is 231,2 million in 2015, when the new iPhone 6 Plus smartphone appeared.
