Apple stock loses shine on shrinking iPhone margins
TOKYO -- Apple's reputation as the ultimate growth stock is under threat, with the company grappling with declining sales and profits from iPhones as well as an antitrust case at home in the U.S.
"Difficulties with producing cutting-edge chips have inflated prices of components," said Minatake Kashio, CEO of Tokyo-based smartphone teardown lab Fomalhaut Techno Solutions.