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BY: NewsPeddlers
As the South China Morning Post
reports,
new COVID-19 cases in the Chinese city of Zhengzhou have led the local
government to impose a lockdown lasting until at least next Tuesday.
Unfortunately for Foxconn (and Apple), Zhengzhou is home to a huge
manufacturing complex.
Will Apple be able to
launch the iPhone 14 on time? That's the question being asked today after the
world's largest iPhone factory was forced to suspend hiring.
The timing is
especially unfortunate as earlier this week Foxconn announced and was reported PC
mag, it was going to boost the recruitment of assembly line personnel by
offering larger cash bonuses of $1,286 (up from $983). Instead, Foxconn has now
suspended recruitment until further notice. Not only can the company not fill
the new roles it needs for production, it's unclear how much of existing
production can continue, but Foxconn does have its own campus in Zhengzhou.
The need to speed up
recruitment and attract more workers is thought to be in response to Apple
preparing for iPhone 14 production. Apple uses a number of contract suppliers,
but relies on each one to hit production targets in the months leading up to an
iPhone launch.
With Foxconn producing
up to 80% of the world's iPhones in Zhengzhou, combined with manufacturing
pauses it has little control over, will Apple have to delay the iPhone 14
launch this year? There are still several months before the expected September
release, but how many more lockdowns will China impose before then?
SOURCE: PC
Mag