As iPhone 6 shortages take root across major markets, Apple CEO Tim Cook recently acknowledged that the shortfall between supply and demand remains wide with little chance of equilibrium before early next year.

Reports indicate that global shortages have also hampered Taiwan consumers from acquiring the coveted smartphone, with the situation becoming one of the primary factors that has compelled a number of local telecoms carriers to extend their offers of unlimited and unthrottled 4G contracts past the original cut-off date at the end of October in an attempt to appease disappointed subscribers unable to procure the handset.

Retailers stated that the ongoing “iPhone 6 mania” is poised to be extended by widespread shortages, adding that the dearth in the 64-gigabyte version of the iPhone 6 Plus is especially pronounced, with currently available inventory levels, estimated at around 50,000 to 60,000 units capable of satisfying less than a one-fourth portion of overall demand. Consumers are also not likely to be able to purchase iPhones at conventional retail outlets, and they are advised to seek their new flagship products through telecoms carriers.

Taiwan Suppliers Ride High on Wave of Newly Launched Apple Tablets

In addition to handsets, Apple recently also launched the iPad Air 2 and iPad mini 3 tablet computers, boosting the prospects of a number of Taiwan suppliers and manufacturers including Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. (鴻海), Compal Electronics (仁寶) and Pegatron Co. (和碩). Backing their optimistic outlook on Apple's Taiwan-based suppliers, institutional investors over the course of last week bought more than 2 million Hon Hai shares and more than 1 million Compal and Pegatron shares.

Although thus far the new iPads have not attained National Communication Commission approval, they are expected to hit store shelves in Taiwan before the end of this month.

恆星iPhone 6的銷售浮標大立前景

特德陳，在中國郵政
2014年11月3日，上午12時02 TWN

台北，台灣 - 機構投資者昨天宣布，前景智能手機攝像頭供應商大立科技（大立光），預計將在市場的旺盛接待蘋果新推出的iPhone 6手機來提振，其性能預計將繼續改善，直到今年的末端。

特別是機構投資者強調，高價和更大的5.5英寸的iPhone 6加變種已經看到了好於預期的銷售。

1至4月，今年大立已經獲得了創紀錄的營業收入，公司CEO亞當·林（林恩平）預計業績繼續飆升在整個十月和十一月在上週的財報會議。

機構投資者指出，新的蘋果手機的巨大需求，導致了嚴重的短缺，在全球主要市場，而大立光則很好地從美國巨頭決定了加息預期出貨量目標為覬覦智能手機中獲益。從iPhone相關的銷售所得績效結果的改善預計將持續到今年年底，將有可能推動盈利在明年第一季度台系相機供應商的努力，以擴大產能生效。

作為iPhone 6的短缺紮根在主要市場，蘋果CEO蒂姆·庫克日前承認，供給和需求之間的缺口仍然很大均衡與明年年初之前，機會不大。

報告指出，全球性的短缺也制約了台灣消費者獲得了夢寐以求的智能手機，隨著形勢成為已迫使許多​​當地的電信運營商擴大其無限的，無節氣門4G合同的報價超出原始截止的主要因素之一日期在十月，企圖到底為了安撫失望的用戶不能購買的手機。

零售商表示，正在進行的“iPhone 6癲狂”已作好準備，通過普遍短缺延長，並補充說，在iPhone 6加的64 GB的版本的缺乏顯得格外突出，與現有庫存水平，估計在50000至60000單元能夠滿足小於總需求的四分之一部分。消費者也不太可能能夠在傳統的零售店購買iPhone手機，他們建議通過電信運營商尋求他們的新旗艦產品。

台灣供應商乘坐高在新推出的蘋果平板電腦的浪潮

除了手機，蘋果最近還推出了iPad 2的空氣和iPad 3的迷你平板電腦，提振了一些台灣的供應商和製造商，包括鴻海精密工業股份有限公司（鴻海），仁寶電子（仁寶）和碩聯合的前景公司（和碩）支持他們樂觀面對蘋果的台系供應商，機構投資者在上週的過程中購買了超過200萬鴻海股票和100多萬仁寶和碩聯合股份。

雖然到目前為止，新的iPad還沒有達到國家通信委員會的批准，他們預計本月底前上市銷售在台灣。