Tablet manufacturers cut back on orders to the supply chain as shipments are expected to slip

Tablet manufacturers cut back on orders to the supply chain as shipments are expected to slip:

Strong sales of larger-screened handsets like phablets are still expected to eat into tablet manufacturers' production numbers this year. Tablet vendors have been conservative in their forecasts and companies like Samsung have been reducing their orders with the supply chain. After all, if you're going to produce fewer tablets, you don't need as many parts as you originally thought. Thus, the supply chain is also expecting orders to fall below the amount seen last year.



Last month, well-connected Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo said that he expects shipments of the Apple iPad to decline 30% this ...