{"id":989012,"date":"2026-01-31T08:32:29","date_gmt":"2026-01-31T03:02:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/?p=989012"},"modified":"2026-01-31T08:56:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-31T03:26:08","slug":"apple-to-prioritise-premium-iphone-launches-in-2026-amid-memory-crunch-nikkei-asia-reports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/2026\/01\/31\/apple-to-prioritise-premium-iphone-launches-in-2026-amid-memory-crunch-nikkei-asia-reports\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple to prioritise premium iPhone launches in 2026 amid memory crunch, Nikkei Asia reports"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Apple is prioritizing production and \u200bshipment of its three highest-end iPhone models for \u20602026 while delaying the rollout of its standard model due to a marketing strategy shift and supply-chain constraints, Nikkei Asia reported on \u200cFriday, citing \u200cfour people with knowledge of the matter. <\/p>\n<p>Reuters could not immediately verify the report. \u200cApple did not immediately respond to a Reuters&#8217; request for comment outside regular business hours. <\/p>\n<p>The U.S. tech giant will focus on delivering its first-ever foldable iPhone and two non-folding models with upgraded cameras and larger displays for a flagship launch in the second half of 2026, while \u200cthe \u200dstandard iPhone 18 is now slated to \u200dship in the first half of 2027, the report \u200csaid.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Apple is prioritizing production and \u200bshipment of its three highest-end iPhone models for \u20602026 while delaying the rollout of its standard model due to a marketing strategy shift and supply-chain constraints, Nikkei Asia reported on \u200cFriday, citing \u200cfour people with knowledge of the matter. Reuters could not immediately verify the report. \u200cApple did not immediately respond to a Reuters&#8217; request for comment outside regular business hours. The U.S. tech giant will focus on delivering its first-ever foldable iPhone and two non-folding models with upgraded cameras and larger displays for a flagship launch in the second half of 2026, while \u200cthe [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[59,4,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-989012","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-it-2-the-economic-times","category-newspapers","category-the-economic-times"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/989012","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=989012"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/989012\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=989012"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=989012"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=989012"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}