Apple forced to make iPhone XR supply adjustments as manufacturers struggle to ramp up production

Deliveries of the iPhone XR are still a few weeks away, but manufacturers are already churning out the new handset in preparation for the customer onslaught that will start with preorders on October 19.

Apple is relying on two companies for the vast majority of iPhone XR production: Foxconn and Pegatron. Combined, they’re expected to make around 90% of iPhone XR orders. The XR will likely be competing with the iPhone XS Max for best-selling phone of Apple’s 2018 lineup.

According to sources in China, the initial split between the companies gave Foxconn around 60% of the orders ...