Apple is rumoured to announce three new iPhone variants during 2015, including a budget iPhone 6C. The smartphone is using Sony's camera sensor and allegedly Apple has ordered such a large amount of iPhone 6C camera sensors that Sony is struggling to meet demand.

If Apple would be the only manufacturer that uses Sony camera sensors, then Sony probably wouldn't have any problems, but that is not the case. Sony is looking into other options, but at the time other manufacturers will also suffer from this. Reports claim that Huawei will be able to ship only 50% of the devices, ZTE, Oppo, and Coolpad only 10-30% of their devices with Sony camera sensors. Those manufacturers could switch to Samsung and Toshiba solutions.