Pegatron forecasts revenue drop on falling iPad mini orders

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“Pegatron Corp., the Taipei-based maker of Apple Inc. devices, forecast its biggest drop in consumer- electronics revenue in six quarters as iPad Mini demand falls,” Tim Culpan reports for Bloomberg News.

“Second-quarter revenue for the business, which also makes Microsoft Corp.’s Surface tablet, will drop 25 percent to 30 percent from the previous three months, Pegatron said today. That’s the most since a 37 percent decline in the fourth quarter of 2011,” Culpan reports. “Pegatron, spun off from Asustek Computer Inc. in 2010, joins Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. in facing a decline in orders from its largest customer.”

Culpan reports, “A decline in revenue from the iPad Mini ‘is more on demand, while price has been stable,’ Pegatron Chief Executive Officer Jason Cheng said. ‘Not just tablets, also e-books and games consoles, almost every item is moving in a negative direction.’ The iPad Mini accounts for more than half of Pegatron’s consumer-electronics revenue, and the iPhone 4S contributes a majority of sales in the communications division, Cheng said.”

“Hon Hai, the world’s largest maker of electronics products including the iPhone 5 and iPad, last month reported a 19 percent drop in first-quarter revenue, the most in at last 13 years,” Culpan reports. “The company is due to report first-quarter net income by May 15.”

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