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Apple to cut iPhone production in Jan-March quarter: report

Apple Inc will trim production of iPhones by about 10 percent in the January-March quarter of 2017, the Nikkei financial daily reported on Thursday, citing calculations based on data from suppliers.

Nikkei says Apple cutting iPhone production due to accumulated inventory

Apple's new iPhone 7 Plus is displayed at the Apple Store at Tokyo's Omotesando shopping district, Japan, September 16, 2016. (Issei Kato/Reuters)

Apple Inc will trim production of iPhones by about 10 percent in the January-March quarter of 2017, the Nikkei financial daily reported on Thursday, citing calculations based on data from suppliers.

The company had slashed output by 30 percent in January-March this year due to accumulated inventory, the paper said.

Apple's shares fell 91 cents to $115.82 US on Nasdaq on Friday.

An Apple spokeswoman declined to comment on the report.