Due to a significant delay in the supply of the iPhone 14 Pro series and the lockdown of Chinese factories due to Corona
Foxconn's factory, which accounts for 70% of the world's iPhones, was forced to lock down due to the epidemic of the new coronavirus infection (COVID-19) and the Chinese government's '
Update on supply of iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max - Apple
https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2022/11/update-on-supply-of-iphone-14-pro-and-iphone-14-pro-max/
China imposes fresh lockdown around major Apple iPhone plant | Reuters
https://www.reuters.com/world/china/chinese-zone-that-hosts-foxconns-zhengzhou-plant-imposes-fresh-lockdown-2022-11-02/
Apple issued a press release on November 6, 2022, stating, 'Due to COVID-19 restrictions, the iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max assembly facility in Zhengzhou, China, will be temporarily We are currently operating at significantly reduced production capacity.We expect shipments of the iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max to fall short of our initial forecasts, and there will be delays in reaching our customers. It is expected that the waiting time will be longer,' he said, predicting that the supply of the iPhone 14 Pro series will be delayed.
The restrictions on iPhone assembly facilities Apple refers to are the lockdowns in place at Foxconn's iPhone factories. On November 2, 2022, the Zhengzhou Airport Economic Zone, where Foxconn's factory is located, ordered a seven-day blockade of its industrial parks.
The lockdown, which will last until November 9th, will keep all residents at home, including Foxconn's 200,000 factory workers. However, it is reported that employees are deserting the factory because the factory has very little food and supplies. In response, Foxconn announced a large bonus to keep employees at the factory.
According to Reuters, Foxconn Hon Hai Precision Industry is the largest manufacturer of Apple's iPhone and is responsible for 70% of the world's iPhone shipments. Foxconn also has small production bases in India and elsewhere, but most of its smartphones are made at its factory in Zhengzhou, which employs 200,000 people.
Market research firm TrendForce has lowered its forecast for iPhone shipments in the fourth quarter of 2022 from the initial 80 million units, after a study found that a factory in Zhengzhou had a 30% drop in capacity utilization. We announced that we will reduce the price by 2 to 3 million units.
Apple isn't the only company affected by China's zero-corona policy, which ignores the economy and people's lives. In April 2022, it was discovered that Tesla's Shanghai factory was locked down and employees were forced to sleep in sleeping bags, and Toyota also temporarily operated factories in Japan due to parts shortages due to lockdown. made it stop.
Report that employees are forced to sleep at the factory at Tesla's Shanghai factory - GIGAZINE
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