[sigh]<p>Here’s WSJ from January 2013:<p><i>Apple Inc. has cut its orders for components for the iPhone 5 due to weaker-than-expected demand, people familiar with the situation said Monday. Apple’s orders for iPhone 5 screens for the January-March quarter, for example, have dropped to roughly half of what the company had previously planned to order, two of the people said.</i><p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.wsj.com&#x2F;article_email&#x2F;SB10001424127887323596204578240440691304344-lMyQjAxMTAzMDEwMzExNDMyWj.html" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.wsj.com&#x2F;article_email&#x2F;SB1000142412788732359620457...</a><p>So WSJ says 50% drop in orders for the January-March quarter. Yet when you look at Apple&#x27;s actual results for that January to March quarter iPhone experienced a YoY <i>increase</i>.<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.apple.com&#x2F;pr&#x2F;library&#x2F;2013&#x2F;04&#x2F;23Apple-Reports-Second-Quarter-Results.html" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.apple.com&#x2F;pr&#x2F;library&#x2F;2013&#x2F;04&#x2F;23Apple-Reports-Seco...</a><p>Fool me once WSJ...<p>Journalists should be very careful when quoting component manufacturers. Apple often buys all the components a manufacturer can make (and then buys them a factory to make more, and then buys all the machines in the world that can be used to make the parts, etc). Apple quite literally can make or break a component manufacturer (GT Advanced comes to mind...), so manufacturers willing to talk to the press usually have an angle or axe to grind.