Apple is indicating to its iPhone 13 part suppliers that it might not order as many models as anticipated as a consequence of a drop in demand, in accordance with a report in Bloomberg.

While the corporate had already minimize orders for the yr to 80 million — down from a goal of 90 million — it was reportedly planning to make up for a lot of the drop subsequent yr. Now, although, Apple is claimed to have instructed manufacturing companions that this will not occur and they won’t see the anticipated enhance in orders.

Like nearly each different know-how firm, Apple has been coping with provide points introduced on by the worldwide semiconductor scarcity. CEO Tim Cook stated the corporate’s final quarterly earnings took an estimated $6 billion hit because of the scarcity in addition to the affect of COVID-19 on manufacturing in Southeast Asia, and Apple was anticipating a fair larger affect on this present vacation quarter.

If Bloomberg’s report is correct, although, it means that the iPhone 13 vary won’t meet Apple’s preliminary expectations even with out the availability crunch. The authentic plan to assemble 90 million models for 2021 mirrored a forecast of elevated demand, as Apple often orders round 75 million iPhones for the yr of every launch.