Suppliers complained that they struggled to find high-quality components and the production speed was therefore very slow. Laser supplier Finisar Corp had to give up and made Apple dependent on other partners.
It is said that Apple also reduced the specifications that Face ID needed and helped speed up the production process.
IPhone X production rate is about 400,000 units per week but this is still a low figure when compared to the number of orders, about 50 million units. According to the forecast of Ming-Chi Kuo analyst, only about 2 to 3 million iPhone X was born on November 3. Nikkei said Apple will only get 20 million units by the end of this year.
Apple declined to comment on these rumors.
See also: How to order iPhone X