A customer looks at an Apple Inc. iPhone X at a SoftBank Group Corp. store in Tokyo, Japan, on Thursday, Feb. 22, 2018. Billionaire founder Masayoshi Son said this month that the company will start preparing for the mobile IPO and aims for a listing within a year. It could still end up scrapping the plan, the company said on Feb. 7. Photographer: Akio Kon/Bloomberg
Investors hunting for clues to the iPhone X’s reception can take a deeper look at its main manufacturing partners. And the latest doesn’t look good.
Apple Inc’s five largest device assemblers reported a sharp slowdown after peaking at the end of last year, suggesting demand for the high-end device may have faded just a quarter after its release.
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