Getting an iPhone 14 series right now may be difficult, especially if you want it before the end of the year. This is due in part to COVID-19 limitations in Zhengzhou, China, where the majority of iPhone 14 Pro and Pro Max handsets are manufactured. In early November, Apple confirmed the problem, stating that the facility is running at “substantially reduced capacity.”
— 郭明錤 (Ming-Chi Kuo) (@mingchikuo) November 29, 2022 However, the situation has deteriorated as a result of worker unrest at the Zhengzhou iPhone facility, which is managed by Apple Inc. supplier Foxconn Technology Group. Hundreds of workers have been protesting at the company owing to a delay in incentive payout, according to sources. Apple, according to Kuo, is striving to diversify its supply chain, but shifting even a tiny portion of iPhone manufacture overseas takes time. According to Kuo, major sales of the iPhone 14 Pro and Pro Max would not resume until at least late December. The continued issues associated with recovering to normal production levels at the Zhengzhou facility may slow the rate at which supply-demand equilibrium may be achieved in the coming months, but supply looks to have recovered from trough levels.
