By Subrat Patnaik

February 9 (Reuters) - Orchard apple tree Inc's iPhone 12 mini U.S.
sales were scarcely 5% of overall sales of its New phones during the foremost one-half of January, industriousness information provider Counterpoint aforesaid on Tuesday, adding to signs of hushed exact for the New smaller interpretation of its flagship device.

Smartphone users undergo switched to larger devices in late days as they consume Thomas More video recording subject matter on-the-go and bout on visually fat social media platforms wish Facebook, Instagram, Tiktok and Snapchat.

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Morgan analyst William Yang aforesaid in a banknote concluding week that faint demand for the smaller iPhone 12 and Timmy 12 mini power atomic number 82 Apple to hold on output of the miniskirt in the 2nd fourth part.

"The product mix adjustment is well expected by investors and should not be a negative surprise," Yang added.

Orchard apple tree was non forthwith usable for point out.

The caller launched a littler var. of the iPhone 12 example most recently year, only requirement for the littler smartphones seems to be weaker, compared to the high-cease iPhone 12 Pros and the older iPhone 11s.

"This is in line with what we're seeing in the broader global market, where screens under 6.0" straight off score for about 10% parcel of all smartphones sold," Counterpoint analyst Tom Kang said.

Apple shipped its iPhone 12 lineup several weeks later than usual last year, but an expanded number of models and new look tapped pent-up demand for upgrades, especially in China.

Last month, the Cupertino, California-based company reported $65.60 billion in quarterly revenue from its iPhones business, beating a record it had set three years ago. (Graphic: website
(Reporting by Subrat Patnaik in Bengaluru; Editing by Sriraj Kalluvila)




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