A new report, via unnamed sources, claims that Apple has cut the LCD display orders for its iPhone 5 smartphone by almost half, which may indicate a lower demand for the iOS device



From Neowin:

The announcement of the iPhone 5 in September 2012 was the biggest one yet for Apple's iOS smartphone, thanks mostly to the new design of the phone that increased the size of its screen from 3.5 to 4 inches. Now a new report claims that Apple has cut down the orders of that same LCD screen from its third party manufacturers.

Reuters reports that, according to what unnamed sources told the Nikkei Japanese news service, Apple had originally told Japan Display, Sharp Corp and LG Display that they would need a total of about 65 million units of iPhone 5 displays in the current quarter. The report says that Apple has now told those display suppliers that those unit orders have been cut to almost half that amount.

  Report: Apple drastically cuts orders for iPhone 5 displays