‘iPhone city’ is closed

According to SCMPafter Foxconn announced increased recruitment of workers to iPhone 14 production soon As well as accelerating the assembly of the iPhone 13 series, Zhengzhou city discovered 14 new cases of Covid-19 and the government asked to close this city for 7 days, at least until the end of next Tuesday.

Foxconn has also announced that it will suspend its worker recruitment program until a new plan is available.

Previously, due to concerns about Covid-19 affecting production, Apple asked Foxconn Zhengzhou factory to urgently recruit workers to assemble iPhone 14 models earlier than usual, even though this time in previous years was the low season for iPhone production. China Securities Journal said that Foxconn has increased bonuses by 30%, from 6,500 yuan (VND 22.5 million) to 8,500 yuan (VND 29.5 million) to attract workers to meet Apple’s new requirements. .

Currently, Apple is delayed in delivery with the Macbook Pro line because its partner Quanta has only just resumed operations after China eased restrictions in Shanghai. DigiTimessaid that the risk of Apple having to postpone the launch of iPhone 14 in September if the epidemic in China is still complicated.

Reuters Apple’s CFO Luca Maestri said supply chain problems could cost the company $4 to $8 billion in revenue. Meanwhile, CEO Tim Cook said: “Frankly speaking, our main focus right now is on suppliers.”

Zhengzhou is known as the “iPhone city” when it is home to most of Foxconn’s Apple smartphone factories. In September 2021, to prepare to meet the demand for iPhone 13, this factory added hundreds of thousands of workers, a record of 10,000 people per day.

Huy Duc