He admits that this is now "likely reflecting less-than-expected sell-through in 4Q, or to this point in 1Q." (Come on, Craig, this can be America, it's Q1). The questions iPhone sell-through from the fourth quarter have come up before, but itouch sales have been strong during Apple's best and newest financial quarter.
One factor may be the launch from the new 32GB iPod Touch, which will have caused Apple to get rid of Gucci iphone 5 case output of older styles of itouch new generation ipod in anticipation of demand for the higher-capacity model. The report was issued at almost the same time that Apple announced the brand iPods, actually not clear perhaps the channel checks include output of the 32GB version.
An Apple representative declined to touch upon the report, that suggested that this company is interested to reduce creation of Macbooks while increasing output of iMacs. Banc of America issued the exact report regarding iPods this Gucci iPad Mini Case morning, but said iPhone production is up after cuts in December and January.
If the economy is really headed south, it can affect me; Apple will never be immune. Apple's stock fell another 5.69 percent Wednesday, or $7.36, to shut at $122. It's down 37 percent already in 2008, because the Nasdaq altogether is down about 9 percent.
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