Apple reduced the demand for components for iPhone 5

  Apple lowered the U.S. requests of the components of her latest "iPhone 5" because of weak demand, which came in below expectations, and that according to the Wall Street Journal, citing unnamed sources.

  The newspaper said that requests the company screens for "iPhone 5" which revealed in September / September last year, dropped to half for the first quarter of this year, compared to Apple had planned for him, as they reduced their requests for components other than the screen, according to paper source, who confirmed that the company informed the manufacturers that decision last month.

  Observers believe that this movement by Apple suggests that her new sales were not as strong as anticipated and actuated to raise the ceiling on orders of its components. In addition to the intense competition that you find from the South Korean rival "Samsung" and other smart phone companies that are running "Android" of the software and services company American Internet "Google".

  The newspaper pointed out that Apple entered the smartphone market in 2007's first phone "iPhone" had set itself the agenda, but the counterpart Korean preceded thanks phones different operating system "Android" which led to the acquisition of recent smart phone market in the United States, In most markets of the world, according to the newspaper.

   As Wall Street Journal pointed to the increased demand for low-priced phones, which led Chinese companies like "Huawei".

   According to a report published by Company (IDC) research, the share of Apple of all handsets shipped worldwide during the third quarter of last year nearly 14.6% which is low compared to share the company during the fourth quarter of 2011, and the first of 2012, which exceeded 23%, while the share "Samsung" during the same period 31.3%.