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Taiwanese media DigiTimes reported that Foxconn, which produces the iPhone 12 series and PlayStation 5, reported a significant increase in sales due to strong shipments of both devices.
Significant growth both month-on-month and year-on-year
According to DigiTimes, Foxconn’s consolidated sales in April 2021 were $ 17,620 million (about 1,900 billion yen), an increase of 13.44% month-on-month and 31.39% year-on-year. is.
According to people familiar with the matter, this growth was mainly due to strong shipments of the iPhone 12 series and PlayStation 5.
In terms of Foxconn sales by segment, sales of consumer electronic devices, including smartphones, showed the largest growth month-on-month and year-on-year, followed by electronic devices, cloud computing and network devices, and computers.
Rumored to be in charge of producing Macs with M2 chips
Foxconn will also be responsible for assembling 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pros with M2 chips (sometimes rumored to be M1X chips) and 27-inch iMac successors in the second half of 2021 (July-December). Therefore, in that case, sales are expected to increase further.
Source: DigiTimes
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