China accounted for 15 per cent of all iPhone shipments worldwide, the report stated.
Yuri Gu, a monetary skilled residing in southern Guangdong province, stated she has been checking the supply standing day by day since inserting an order for an iPhone 14 Professional on November 2, whereas looking out varied social media platforms for updates on different customers’ order supply standing.
Whereas she considered cancelling her order on Apple’s on-line retailer and inserting a brand new one on native e-commerce platforms, Gu stated she discovered the identical delay persists throughout all on-line retail channels.
Though her order confirmed transport dates from November 25 to December 2, Gu stated she thought it might ship sooner than the promised dates.
“Primarily based on my earlier expertise with new iPhones, merchandise are normally delivered forward of schedule,” she stated. “However the likelihood is wanting slim this yr, primarily based on what I noticed on social media. It’s very irritating.”
Some mainland customers are sharing their iPhone order standing updates to offer a reference for these ready on their very own orders.
“I purchased it on November 6. When can it ship?” requested one consumer on Chinese language microblogging service Weibo. “Do let me know when your order is delivered. My order was positioned a day after you,” one of many replies stated.
That led Apple on November 6 to warn about delays in iPhones shipments. “The ability [at Foxconn’s Zhengzhou facility] is presently working at considerably diminished capability … we now anticipate decrease iPhone 14 Professional and iPhone 14 Professional Max shipments than we beforehand anticipated,” the corporate stated in a press release.
Taiwan-based Foxconn’s Zhengzhou plant wants 100,000 staff to renew full manufacturing capability, based on a report final week by China Newsweek, a state-backed journal. At its peak, the power employs as much as 300,000 meeting line staff.