{"id":530645,"date":"2026-07-03T06:35:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-03T06:35:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/530645\/"},"modified":"2026-07-03T06:35:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T06:35:10","slug":"apple-looking-to-extend-phone-share","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/530645\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple looking to extend phone share"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For its anticipated H2 iPhone launch, Apple has ordered components for the production of 80 million iPhones of which 10 million will be folding phones, reports the Nikkei.<\/p>\n<p>Some suppliers have been given an 85 million target.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"image nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/static.electronicsweekly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/13152051\/iphone-x-front_back_glass.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-509550\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/iphone-x-front_back_glass-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\"  \/><\/a>For the calendar year 2026, the company will be producing over 220 iPhones of different models and years.<\/p>\n<p>Chinese brands Xiaomi, Oppo and Vivo have each slashed their production to less than 100 million units for the year, mainly due to\u00a0 memory and electronics components shortages.<\/p>\n<p>Apple is said to have told some suppliers to reserve some components and parts used in the iPhone 17 series for the iPhone 18 premium series.<\/p>\n<p>Apple is also reported to be planning to launch at least two new iPhones in the first half of 2027, including the standard iPhone 18 and a new iPhone Air.<\/p>\n<p>Another report says it will also refresh its cheaper models.<\/p>\n<p>In 2025 Apple overtook Samsung to be the largest smartphone supplier measured by unit volume. It looks as though it intends to keep that position in 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"For its anticipated H2 iPhone launch, Apple has ordered components for the production of 80 million iPhones of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":530646,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[61,60,80],"class_list":["post-530645","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/530645","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=530645"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/530645\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/530646"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=530645"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=530645"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=530645"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}