MADRID, 2 Nov. (Portaltic/EP) –
Apple has been forced to reduce the production of iPads to use components, such as chips, in the iPhone 13, a measure that the technology company has implemented as a result of the supply shortage and in particular of semiconductors at a global level.
According ha informado Nikkei, Apple has cut the production of these tablets, which share different components with the iPhone 13, to allocate their chips to these phones and give priority to their sale in the face of the global shortage of supplies.
In addition to having stopped the manufacture of these devices in 50% in the last two months (considering that the iPhone 13 began shipping at the end of September), Apple has chosen to reduce production of older iPhones as well.
The company has focused on the manufacture of its latest launch because, being a novelty, anticipates higher demand for iPad as western markets return to show pre-pandemic indices, according to this outlet.
Due to this lack of electronic components, a situation that stems from a massive demand for devices during lockdown, Apple found itself in a similar situation in 2020, when It remapped some parts from the iPad to the iPhone 12.
The losses generated by the shortage of chips have been millions of dollars. As he has assured in a recent interview for the Financial Times Apple’s chief financial officer Luca Maestri, the company has stopped earning $ 6 billion.
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