For the reason that official launch of the iPhone 14 series, there have been a number of stories on the gross sales of those gadgets. The iPhone 14 Professional and Professional Max gross sales have been nice. Nonetheless, we can’t say the identical in regards to the iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Plus. The rationale for that is fairly apparent. The iPhone 14 Professional sequence comes with extra (perhaps too many) updates than the common fashions. In response to Tianfeng Worldwide analyst, Ming-Chi Kuo, there are some manufacturing modifications in Apple’s iPhone provide chain. The modifications contain Hon Hai Foxconn, Pegatron, and Luxshare Precision.
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Apple is in talks with Pegatron and Luxshare Precision
In response to stories, Apple is in talks with a few of its manufacturing factories. The corporate is in talks with Pegatron and Luxshare Precision. Apple desires to transform the iPhone 14 / 14 Plus manufacturing line to the iPhone 14 Professional / 14 Professional Max. Luxshare expects to begin delivery the iPhone 14 Professional as early as Q1 2023.
Ming-Chi Kuo claims Foxconn plans to regularly cut back iPhone manufacturing capability from November to December this yr to cope with seasonal issues. Plans to scale back iPhone manufacturing capability will delay after the Foxconn iPhone manufacturing facility in Zhengzhou enters close-loop manufacturing. For the reason that Zhengzhou Foxconn iPhone manufacturing facility all of a sudden entered closed-loop manufacturing with out warning, greater than 10% of the world’s iPhone manufacturing capability will likely be affected. Nonetheless, this occasion has not modified the present iPhone provide chain cargo forecast. Foxconn’s manufacturing capability will regularly improve in a couple of weeks. The impression on 4Q22 iPhone shipments needs to be restricted. The iPhone 14 Plus gross sales haven’t been nice.
Ming-Chi Kuo claims that Apple asks Hon Hai Foxconn to change manufacturing strains. It should swap the iPhone to the iPhone 14 Professional mannequin. After the swap, the iPhone 14 Professional cargo will account for the iPhone 14 whole cargo in 2H22. That is about 60–65% (vs. the earlier estimate of 55–60%). As well as, the iPhone 14 Professional Max accounts for about 30–35% of the iPhone 14 sequence shipments in 2H22. This makes it the preferred iPhone 14 mannequin.
