Chip shortages, workers fleeing, iPhone13 production capacity cut by 10 million units, Apple's market value evaporated by trillions

On the morning of October 13, Sina Technology quoted foreign media reports that it was restricted by , Broadcom, , and Texas Instruments could not provide enough chips. Finally, apple could not complete the original plan. The production target of 90 million new iPhone products in a few months has been lowered by 10 million.

In the previous three-quarter financial meeting, Apple CEO Cook mentioned that there may be problems with chip supply and said that they will try their best to solve them.

In addition to the shortage of chips, there is also news that more than two million Vietnamese workers have fled the factory and returned to their hometowns in the countryside. The assembly and production of Apple's iPhone 13 may also be affected. The JP Morgan Chase analyst's research report also pointed out that the delivery time of the iPhone 13 is slightly longer than that of the iPhone 12 . The iPhone 13 supply did not ease until the fourth week of listing. The combined impact of

also caused Apple's stock price to fall all the way. In the early morning of September 15th, Beijing time, Apple officially released the iPhone 13 series of mobile phones. On that day, Apple’s stock price rose 0.61% to US$149.44 per share, but then fell slightly to US$138.27 per share. In less than a month, the market value evaporated by nearly US$190 billion (approximately RMB 1.23 trillion). Up to now, Apple's stock price closed at 141.51 US dollars per share, with a total market value of 2.34 trillion US dollars. (Text | AI Finance and Economics Zhao Hao)

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