Reasons for iPad manufacture decline - Discussion

[Avinash]

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JP Morgan Chase & Co Asia reported that the iPad 2 is set to suffer a decline of 25 per cent in Chinese production in its fourth quarter of 2011. Originally Apple had planned to meet orders of 17m to meet the Christmas demand. However after a revision, this number could be as low as 13m, due to a number [...]

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[Grr]

it may be due a new product coming up from Apple...

[Raghav]

One suggestion is that Apple has simply moved 25 per cent of the production of iPad 2 from Brazil from China. Foxconn – who manufacture the iPad 2 – are ready to begin production in their Brazilian factory according to a press release from Aolizio Mercadante, the Brazilian Minister of Science and Technology.

Minor correction, it should be from china to brazil