Foxconn chaos to leave Apple short 6 million iPhone 14 Pro and Pro Max units this year
A Chinese COVID crisis will leave Apple 6 million iPhone 14 Pro and Pro Max units short this year
Foxconn produces the vast majority of iPhone units every year
Wait times for iPhone 14 Pro models was already at “extreme levels” in the U.S. and China
Vogt pointed out that 35% to 40% of Apple’s calendar fourth quarter iPhone production is assembled during December which could lead to shortages during the fourth quarter of this year and extending into the first quarter of 2023. The analyst expects Apple to ship 83 million iPhone units during the fiscal first quarter of 2023 which already takes into account “recent disruptions.”
However, Vogt made this comment before the violence broke out at the factory and before Foxconn paid 20,000 workers to leave the facility. If he does have a new updated figure, we will update this story.