[Mobile China News] On December 28, TrendForce released a research report showing that Foxconn’s Zhengzhou plant has been affected by the epidemic since October, and the utilization rate is still difficult to exceed 70%. The Pro series has continued to increase its production pro

[ mobile phone China news] On December 28, TrendForce released a research report showing that Foxconn’s Zhengzhou factory has continued to be affected by the epidemic since October. The utilization rate of and is still difficult to exceed 70%. Among them, the Pro series continues to increase its production proportion due to its popularity in the market, making Apple Foxconn , the main assembly plant of the Pro series, is feeling pressure. Even though Foxconn's Shenzhen factory supports production, it is still slow to respond. Therefore, TrendForce has lowered its 2022 iPhone 14 series shipments to 78.1 million units.

TrendForce stated that Foxconn has been the exclusive assembler of the Pro series for many years, but due to risk control, Apple originally intended to find other companies to join the production and assembly ranks, and tried it on the iPhone 14 Pro series. Due to the impact of the epidemic on the utilization rate of Foxconn, Luxshare Precision has become one of the ranks of the iPhone 15 Pro Max assembly supply chain. Currently, its iPhone foundry is still located in China, and the Vietnam factory mainly focuses on Apple peripherals. There is currently no iPhone production line plan.

Apple will expand its overseas production base. In addition to the existing India production capacity will double next year, Vietnam factories also plan to join production starting in mid-2023. In the next few years, the proportion of Apple's manufacturing in India and Vietnam is expected to climb to 30%-35% of total production capacity.