The day when Apple was attempting to increase its sales in China has long since passed. The iPhone is now dominating this market like crazy. For instance, the majority of significant cities have sold out of iPhone 14 versions. To make matters worse, the iPhone 14 Pro model won’t be available to customers until January of next year.
The iPhone 14 Pro and Pro Max variants are anticipated to ship between December 27, 2022, and January 3, 2023. Prior to that, high-end models on Apple’s official website had a waiting period of about 4-5 weeks. Thus, things get worse every week.
People don’t like non-professional iPhone 14 series models
By contrast, the vanilla versions and Plus models of the iPhone 14 series are well supplied. So if you order a non-Pro iPhone 14, it will ship the next day. It is also in stock at retail stores. In other words, Chinese customers (and not only them) are not interested in non-Pro models. because it has an Apple chip. The latter beats all competitors on the market.
There are additional factors than strong demand that contribute to shortages. For a number of factors, we think that production capacity has drastically dropped. The outbreak began to have an impact on Zhengzhou, Foxconn’s primary iPhone 14 Pro/Max assembly site, around the end of October. You must be aware of the fact that Foxconn is Apple’s top contract iPhone manufacturer in order to comprehend this. 70% of the iPhones in the world are made here.
Apple revealed earlier this month that shipments fell short of expectations despite the Pro iPhone’s high demand. They added that getting a new phone would take longer. Apple is collaborating closely with its suppliers to get production back to normal at the same time.