If you believe Apple, then in a matter of days, users have issued a record number of pre-orders for iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus. The high demand for the new smart phones has become not only a source of pride for an American company, but also a huge problem forlong-time partner, the Taiwanese company Foxconn, which assembles Apple mobile .
According to AppleInsider, for the release of the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus Foxconn has allocated 100 production lines at its plant in Zhengzhou City, Henan Province, China. Moreover, in order to meet the growing demand, they build new smartphone operating around the clock.
"Every day we produce 140,000 iPhone 6 Plus and 400,000 iPhone 6, but this is still not enough to meet demand. Now we are still building up production of the iPhone 6 Plus, but the main problem is the lack of 5.5-inch displays," - said the source , who wished to remain anonymous.
By the way, contrary to expectations, the new iPhone did not got sapphire display. Moreover, Apple and was not going to use the sapphire crystal to protect the screen of the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus. And it is hardly the appearance of Apple's smartphone with sapphire crystal is expected in the next year, since the role of this material in future products is not solved yet. The cost of such material is still quite high, and it is resistant to scratches and damage but easily broken if dropped. However, sapphire is used to protect the main camera and the Home button with a fingerprint reader Touch ID, they also covered the screen of smart hours Apple Watch.