NIKKEI claimed Apple might reduct iPhone output, Apple share declined by 2.5 %

NIKKEI reported that Apple might reduct 30% output of iPhone 6S and iPhone 6S Plus in the first quarter of 2016. Affecting by this news, Apple share declined by 2.5% on Tuesday, closing at $102.71.

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NIKKEI indicated such report was based on the overstock of these two models and the increase of exchange rate. iPhone seems to be more expensive in some emerging markets due to the increase of exchange rate. According to the confirmed sources of foreign suppliers, the output of iPhone is expected to return to the normal level in the second quarter.

Many experts predicted the sales volume of iPhone will be declined in the following months. The report of NIKKEI was one of them. Some Wallstreet analysts initially predicted iPhone sales volume would decline in December, 2015, listing the facts of their predictions.

Gene Munster felt that the worries of investores concerned the reduction of iPhone sales volume became stronger. Many people assumed the sales volumes of iPhone might decrease to 50 million sets which is far below its prediction of 58.5 million.

Munster pointed that the reduction of output has little to do with its actual sales. Tim Cook once indicated that the sales of iPhone would increase progressively each year. The sales of Apple iPhone far reached its predictions for three years in a row.

Munster wrote:”General speaking, the current data showed us the sales of iPhone doesn’t seem so bad as we predicted. The demands of iPhone increased lightly in December. The smartphone market is stable. The existing iPhone users is big enough. We predicted the growth rate of iPhone sales in last December and this March will not change much.”

Apple will announce iPhone 6s sales volume at conference call

Apple announced on Monday that a conference call to discuss first fiscal quarter results is scheduled for Tuesday, January 26,2016. It is an important conference as it will reflect the sales volume of iPhone 6s and the performance that it made during the shopping season.

Apple posted this news on the official page of investor relationship. Tim Cook, CEO of Apple and Luca Maestri, CFO of Apple will attend this conference call. Apple is supposed to release the official earnings when the conference call is finished.

Its investors are eager to know whether iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus do a great job as iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus did. Apple obtained great performance due to the release of iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus. It sold 74.5 million sets iPhone devices in the first fiscal quarter of 2015. The revenue reached $74.6 billion and profit came up to $18 billion.

It sheduled a conference call in last October, Apple predicted the first fiscal quarter revenue would come between $75.5 billion and 77.5 billion, while the gross profit would come between 39% and 40%.

The analysts suspected Apple has difficulty to keep the rapid growth that iPhone 6 brought, they adjusted Apple’s performance prediction for the next few quarters.

The conference call will be held at 2:00 p.m. PT/ 5:00 p.m. ET on January 26, 2016.