A Nikkei business daily report has it that Apple Inc has ordered its suppliers to speed up iPhone development as China’s strict COVID-19 lockdowns continues to delay schedule for at least one of the new phones.
iPhone assembler Pegatron Corp has suspended operations at its Shanghai and Kunshan plants due to China’s zero-COVID policy.
Chinese Silicon valley Shanghai remains largely paralysed by a city-wide lockdown, which is now in its seventh week. Beijing too has ramped up quarantine efforts.
Apart from COVID-19 lockdowns that has hampered the iPhone production and demand in China, the war in Ukraine is also adding to the Apple’s woes.
According to the Nikkei report, Apple expects the manufacturing schedule and initial production volumes of the new phones to be hurt.
