The lower estimate is in part to adjust inventory ahead of its next-generation iPad Mini expected in the third quarter, and increased competition from 7-inch Android tablets, DigiTimes reported.
The scientists involved in Interphone are, it must be said, well aware of these biases, and efforts to work out their effects and adjust for them were always part of the plan.
As part of the restatement, the company will adjust the financial statements for errors identified during prior periods, recording the adjustments in the appropriate historical period.