There is a long history of these sorts of rumors making the rounds shortly after the yearly iPhone announcement, only to later turn out to be complete nonsense.

There is a long history of these sorts of rumors making the rounds shortly after the yearly iPhone announcement, only to later turn out to be complete nonsense. The most recent example was in January 2018: >Apple has reportedly slashed production orders for its iPhone X… sending shares in the world’s biggest company down on Monday. The US giant has told Asian suppliers to halve manufacturing targets for the first three months of the year, from 40m units to 20m, according to the Japanese newspaper Nikkei. The news sent Apple shares falling by as much as 2.3pc in early trading https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/2018/01/29/apple-slows-iphone-x-production-causing-shares-fall/ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/2018/01/29/apple-slow... The reality turned out to be quite different. >According to the latest estimates from IHS Markit, the iPhone X was the world’s most sold smartphone in the first 3 months of 2018, with 12.7 million units, while the iPhone 8 ranked second with 8.5 million units. https://www.forbes.com/sites/jeanbaptiste/2018/06/13/the-iphone-x-was-the-worlds-best-selling-smartphone-in-q1-2018/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/jeanbaptiste/2018/06/13/the-iph...