With the launch of the iphone x, the production of the iphone 8 will be cut in half

According to information published by China's Daily Economic News, Apple has already asked its suppliers to reduce production of the iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus by almost 50 percent in the months of November and December.

A unique cutout in the history of the iPhone

This report refers to an "anonymous source" which ensures that this is the first time in the history of the iPhone that the new models face such a significant cut in their production, having passed so little time since their production began. mass. In fact, remember that the iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus went on sale officially on September 22.

Such news has already begun to have repercussions. Apple's shares have been left at around 1.5 percent of their market value, predictably due to investors' worried reaction to low device sales. Still, let's not lose sight of the fact that the company has not yet revealed sales figures for the iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus. It will be next November 2 when Apple releases its financial results for the fiscal fourth quarter of 2017, however, Apple will not offer specific data on each of the models it has for sale.

There are also those who believe that the low sales of the iPhone 8 and the iPhone 8 Plus could be the reflection of a high accumulated demand for the iPhone X, that is, many users have not acquired this model because they are waiting for the iPhone of the tenth anniversary.

With an OLED screen that occupies around 82 percent of the front of the phone and the TrueDepth camera system that powers 3D facial recognition functions such as Face ID and the Animoji feature, the iPhone X is unlike any other smartphone sold by Appl e to date.

"Apple is taking the iPhone franchise to a whole new level with the iPhone X, " said Apple analyst Brian White. Meanwhile, the industry is still waiting to check the results of an iPhone X whose pre-sale phase starts on October 27 to finally go on sale on November 3.