“Over at Foxconn Industrial Internet Co., a smaller unit that recently went public in Shanghai, the dependence on iPhones is evident,” Tim Culpan writes for Bloomberg. “Its three largest single orders last year were from Apple, totaling $7.5 billion, for smartphone frames and outer casings.”
“Data from last year, and the first quarter of this year, show encouraging signs [Founder and Chairman of Foxconn Terry] Gou may be kicking the habit,” Culpan writes. “While revenue at iPhone assembler Hon Hai climbed 8 percent in 2017, orders from Apple grew just 1.8 percent, according to my calculations. In other words, other clients were contributing more to Foxconn’s top line.”
“Reliance on Apple isn’t over yet, though,” Culpan writes. “More than 51 percent of sales still came from Apple last year, down from 54.2 percent in 2016. Yet first-quarter 2018 figures point to an even bigger decline: Only 45 percent of revenue was due to its largest customer, the lowest for that period since at least 2013.”
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MacDailyNews Take: Of course, in business and many other things, it’s best not to put all of your eggs in one basket.
“Of course, in business and many other things, it’s best not to put all of your eggs in one basket.”
My biggest possible criticism….
I wholeheartedly agree!
Why do you put all your cynicism in one basket, fruit man?
The Apple basket, for instance?
Yes, fruitologist, why?
Because I can’t ignore the Trump basket…
It’s a false choice that I cat do both.
So better than going with Nokia or Palm…..
It is actually not best to put even 51% of your business in “one basket.”
Ok put that 51% across two baskets or more and you’re done
Just curious, why does MDN put 100% of its ad revenue in the Google basket?
For those in the know, Foxconn assembles products for these customers and more:
Acer
Amazon
Apple
Asus
Cisco
Dell
Hewlett-Packard
Intel
IBM
Lenovo
Logitech
Microsoft
MSI
Netgear
Nintendo
Panasonic
Philips
Samsung
Sharp
Vizio
etc
Ooh, let’s all buy the etcPhone.
etc could be a great brand, it’d be grand, amazing, acme, intriguing, different, et cetera, et cetera, que sera sera.