Kule nyanga kube nokuzamazama komhlaba eTaiwan okuthinte ingxenye yezikhungo lapho kwenziwa khona ama-iPhone processor. I-TSMC ngeke ikwazi ukukhiqiza izinsuku ezimbalwa futhi ikhonjisiwe ukuthi kungaba yingozi kanjani ukugembula yonke into ekhadini elilodwa. Manje, ngokungenzeka ngengozi, sekuvele ulwazi olusha oluqinisekisa ukuthi i-Apple izokwenza Ama-oda we-iPhone 5se avela ezinkampanini ezimbili ehlukile, inkampani yesibili ejoyina iFoxconn: I-Wintron.
Obephethe ukunikeza izindaba ubelokhu engumxhumanisi Izikhathi zamadijithi, oqinisekisa ukuthi, njengenjwayelo, uWinstron unqabile ukuphawula. Isu elisha lika-Apple kungenzeka ngenxa yamathuba amaningi: okokuqala, empeleni, ukuthi inkampani yaseCupertino ibikhathazekile ukuthi ngeke ikwazi ukuletha isidingo sokuqala se-iPhone 5se. Ithuba lesibili ukuthi, ngokwazi inkampani eqhutshwa nguTim Cook (njengezinye izinkampani eziningi ezinkulu), ihlukanisa kancane ikhekhe lokwenziwa kwe-iPhone, i-Apple ingahle xoxisana ngolaka noFoxconn, okunengqondo ukuthi, kungakulethela izinzuzo eziningi.
I-Apple ibilokhu izama ukuhlukanisa ama-oda ayo kuma-ODM ahlukile ukugwema izingozi. NgoFebhuwari 2015, inkampani yanezela iCompal Electronics njengomenzi we-iPad mini neWistron yokunamathisela i-iPhone touchpad, futhi muva nje ithumele ingxenye encane yama-oda nge-iPhone yayo entsha engama-intshi amane eWinstron, ifuna ukuyondla ukuze ibe Ifektri ye-iPhone.
Siyakhumbula ukuthi i-iPhone 5se kulindeleke ukuthi ibe yi-iPhone engu-4 intshi enomklamo ofanayo nekhamera ye-iPhone 6, 8MP, iprosesa ye-A9 ephelezelwa yi-M9 co-processor nokuthi, ngaphandle kokumangala, ngeke ifake i-3D Touch isikrini. Ngokwamahlebezi, izokwethulwa kanye ne-iPad Air 3 nezinsiza ze-Apple Watch ngoMashi 15 futhi izoqala ukudayiswa ngemuva kwezinsuku ezintathu, March 18.