Looks like some of us would have to wait a little longer to get our iPhones. | via philstarlife
Apple warned customers would face longer wait times for iPhones with the holiday season approaching, after Covid restrictions in central China"temporarily impacted" production at the world's largest factory producing the smartphone.
Panicking workers last week had fled the site on foot in the wake of allegations of poor conditions at the facility, which employs hundreds of thousands of workers. "In a normal situation, almost all the iPhone production is happening in Zhengzhou," Ivan Lam, an analyst with specialist firm Counterpoint, told AFP."But due to the pandemic affecting some of our operations in Zhengzhou, the company will 'revise down' the outlook for the fourth quarter," Foxconn said in a statement.
Multiple workers have recounted scenes of chaos and increasing disorganisation at Foxconn's complex of workshops and dormitories, which form a city-within-a-city near Zhengzhou's airport.
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