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Foxconn riots: iPhone production cut by 6 million units

The drastic anti-Covid measures and the accidents that have hit the Foxconn factory in Zhengzhou for several weeks are significantly disrupting iPhone production. Apple did not hide it by warning earlier this month that there would be fewer iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Pro Max products than expected, but did not specify the share of this lost production. Bloomberg gives a figure: 6 million iPhones on order will not leave the factory this year. To give an idea of ​​what it represents, Apple had roughly sold 40 million iPhone 13s at Christmas last year.

iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Pro Max

According to the news agency, this estimate of the production loss could still change depending on the evolution of the situation in Zhengzhou. Since the discovery of an outbreak of coronavirus contamination in mid-October, Foxconn has taken sweeping anti-Covid measures that have dismissed some workers. The situation worsened last week with riots broke out due to unpaid salaries. To calm things down, Foxconn reported miscommunication and offered a bonus to employees want to leave his factory. More than 20,000 new recruits are said to have left after the protests.

Following the unrest, Apple informed CNN business that he had employees on site and that he worked “working closely with Foxconn for [s’assurer] that the concerns of the workers [étaient] well taken into consideration. » According to a Bloomberg source, Foxconn will be able to catch up on the production of the iPhone 14 Pro and 14 Pro Max in 2023.

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