Design, supply issues may be hurting iPhone 5 production – Computerworld

Wired Design, supply issues may be hurting iPhone 5 productionComputerworldIDG News Service – Stringent iPhone 5 production specifications established by Apple and supply issues with new components like the Lightning port and larger screen could be responsible for Foxconn’s delays of the handset, analysts said on Wednesday.Foxconn ‘Falling Short’ of iPhone 5 DemandWiredFoxconn chief: We […]

iPhone subsidies hurting phone carriers – UPI.com

89.3 KPCC iPhone subsidies hurting phone carriersUPI.com11 (UPI) — The subsidized iPhone sold by phone carriers is taking a significant bite out of the profit margins of big US telecommunications firms, data indicates. Firms like Verizon Wireless, Sprint and AT&T, which had an exclusive contract for iPhone …Apple’s iPhone takes big bites out of wireless […]