iPhone production could be more than 30% below normal in November after violent protests at the world’s largest factory and part of the city of Zhengzhou, which are closed due to Covid cases. Apple will step in to help resolve the dispute, which has led to a production cut of more than 3 million units.
In the past few days, at least 20,000 workers have been reported to have left among recent arrivals at Foxconn’s largest factory, a factory with 200,000 employees who work and (some of them) live on a 1.4 million-square-foot campus. meters meters
iPhone production will not return to normal until the end of the month, and in November it could fall by more than 30% of normal. According to global estimates, due to the protests and the Covid crisis, global iPhone production for the whole of 2022 will be 10% less than Apple predicted.
Apple has high expectations for the iPhone 14 Pro and Pro Max models released in the fall.
The fourth quarter is when the most iPhones are sold, and the crisis comes at a very inconvenient time for Apple. The company has been criticized for not caring about the rights of those who collect phones.
Apple recently said it was in talks with Foxconn to ease tensions. Every month, Foxconn produces more than 13 million iPhones, but in the last two months of the year, a total of 40 million units were sold.
Zhengzhou, also known as iPhone City, has a population of 12 million and six million have been quarantined since Friday, for at least 5 days, after several Covid cases were detected.
Foxconn is the largest electronics manufacturer in the world, with more than 800,000 employees. The company manufactures electronics, but recently also entered the automotive industry.
On Thursday, the company apologized to workers at its largest iPhone factory, where protests and clashes with law enforcement took place on Wednesday. Foxconn blames technical problems in its payment systems and says all employees will receive their bonuses.
Sources: Reuters, AFP, Wall Street Journal
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