Three main reasons restrict apple iPhone 5 supply

   According to media reports, the Apple iPhone 5 demand has been quite strong. 3 days after the September 21 release iPhone 5 shipments of over 5 million, Apple said.

   But Apple's component suppliers in Asia indicate that Apple fans may need to wait a longer period of time in order to buy the iPhone 5.

   Upgrade the Foxconn labor disputes last weekend. The Wall Street Journal said, Foxconn iPhone factory in China production, labor dispute, but Foxconn denies employees suspended. Protection of labor rights organization China Labor Watch, a production of the iPhone 5 factory at Foxconn, as many as 4,000 employees work stoppage, resulting in a day of iPhone 5 production line downtime. This is not a Foxconn suffered labor disputes for the first time. Labor disputes may affect the production schedule of Foxconn, the eve of the Christmas sales season, Foxconn production at full capacity to meet Apple's needs.

   Some analysts said the iPhone 5 NAND flash memory chips in short supply may cause out-of-stock. According to China Taiwan network chip market DRAMeXchange, due to strong demand for consumer electronics manufacturers in the past few weeks, the NAND flash memory chip prices rose sharply by 11%. Apple procurement to several chip makers, including Samsung, Hynix NAND flash memory chips. If, however, a serious shortage, Apple will be forced to seek other suppliers. Apple has been part of the iPhone 5 memory chip orders from Samsung transferred to other chip manufacturers in Asia. Samsung NAND flash memory chip market share of approximately 40% of Samsung smartphones and tablet PCs also uses its own flash memory chips.

   iPhone 5 display uses a display technology called "in-cell", can reduce the thickness of the display. Asia "in-cell" display suppliers - mainly LG Display, Sharp and Japan Display, "in-cell" display difficult to manufacture than traditional display. Sharp, for example, last month began delivery of iPhone 5 screen. Samsung uses a technology called "AMOLED" (active matrix organic light-emitting diode panel), the "in-cell" display suppliers are relatively small.