iPhone X產能減半!原因竟然是生產難度大?

A new report from Nikkei says Apple will only ship half as many iPhone X units as expected in 2017 due to supply constraints .

日經中文網（Nikkei）的一份新報告指出，由於供應商方面的限制，2017年蘋果公司能發出的iPhone X只達預期數量的一半。

Nikkei says the company will only be able to ship 20 million phones through the end of December, down from an estimated 40 million previously.

日經中文網表示，到12月月底，蘋果公司只能發出2000萬部iPhone X，而其先前的預估量爲4000萬部。

The constraint comes from trouble Apple's supplier is having manufacturing enough of the components used in the iPhone X’s new facial recognition tech. The report goes on to say that Apple is able to make only 10 million units per month.

蘋果公司供貨量的限制是因爲其供應商的問題，爲蘋果公司供應新版面部識別功能配件的廠商無法爲蘋果提供足夠的配件。該報告還指出，蘋果公司每月只能生產1000萬部iPhone X。

Apple's CEO Tim Cook has finally spoken out about rumours of delays on the new iPhone X. He has suggested that people might have to wait for some time until they actually get hold of them.

蘋果公司總裁蒂姆·庫克最終談及了新款iPhone X延遲發貨的傳言。他表明，在人們真正拿到iPhone X之前，他們也許不得不等上一段時間。

Asked in an interview about whether the rumours of stock shortages are true and how to prepare customers for long wait times, Mr Cook said "we'll see what happens".

在一次參訪中，被問及有關庫存短缺的傳言是否屬實，以及蘋果公司將如何應對客戶需長時間等待的問題時，庫克先生表示，“我們將靜觀其變。”

"But we'll be working as hard as possible to make as many as possible," he continued.“

但是我們會盡可能地努力工作以便生產出儘可能多的iPhone X，”他繼續說道。

Preorders for the iPhone X begin this Friday, October 27. The device goes on sale on Friday, November 3.

iPhone X將於本週五（10月27日）開始預售，並將於11月3日星期五正式上市。