Apple plans 30% boost in iPhone production for first half of 2021

Robust orders come as smartphone industry faces severe parts shortages

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Apple plans to produce up to 96 million iPhones for the first half of next year, including the iPhone 12 and SE. (Photo by Akira Kodaka)

LAULY LI, and CHENG TING-FANG, Nikkei staff writers

TAIPEI -- Apple plans to produce up to 96 million iPhones for the first half of 2021, a nearly 30% year-on-year increase, after demand for its first-ever 5G handsets surged amid the pandemic, Nikkei Asia learned.

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