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Enlarge / The back of the iPhone 13. (credit: Samuel Axon) According to a new report in Bloomberg, Apple has told suppliers that demand for the iPhone 13 line of smartphones may fall short of the company’s original expectations, amidst supply constraints. Apple planned to ship 90 million iPhone 13, iPhone 13 mini, iPhone 13 […]
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