iPhone 14 Pro series production significantly hurt, Foxconn to quadruple workforce in India

11 November 2022
The factory at Zhengzhou operates at reduced capacity due to COVID shutdowns. However, the expansion will take two years.

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  • 12 Nov 2022

This massive expansion will take time (two years per the report) and so it will not solve the current crisis. But the latest developments can accelerate Apple’s plans to reduce its dependence on China to prevent this situation from arising again.

Funfact: Like China also India are the two biggest nations by Poppulation same covid situation could happens in india too. Just one person can make all factory to close down due to pandemic.
More people working in one pace bigger the chance of Covid disease.
So moving whole production from one place to another will solves nothing.
Maybe India is not so strict towards Covid and pandemic like China but know this something lot worse than covid can easily appear from nowhere just like the covid and we all gets doomed.

If Tim Cook really want hes biggest chance would be to open independed factory in USA for making Iphoes. Somewhere close to Sillicon Valley.

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    • Anonymous
    • 6wp
    • 12 Nov 2022

    Anonymous, 11 Nov 2022a sudden quadrupling of workforce is not a good thing. it ... moreit's more like love is blind .

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      • AnonD-1066415
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      • 12 Nov 2022

      SShock, 11 Nov 2022Because rest of the industry totally isn't doing that.... moreI don't hate Apple. I hate what they are doing. There's a difference.
      They have the power to influence the industry. But instead of making positive decisions, they don't care about it, and care only about their own profit. Of course, you might say that they are thinking from a business perspective and every other company is the same. But neither company has the influence of Apple. If, let's say, Xiaomi or Realme will do something, nobody else will care and nobody will follow that trend. So, their decisions do not weight the same as Apple's.
      For this reason Apple should have done more for the industry. Instead they are just doing things for themselves and their profit, without carrying for others or their customers.

      Wanna bet that in couple of years they will remove sim card slot and charging port? Officially, for "technology" purposes. In reality, they will do it to have full control for everything inside the iPhone. Without the needing to use usb-c. So, they will use MagSafe charging, for which they have license and full control.
      If you don't believe me, just wait and see.

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        • Anonymous
        • 7kn
        • 12 Nov 2022

        Anonymous, 11 Nov 2022a sudden quadrupling of workforce is not a good thing. it ... moreyou're right "expert"

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          • Anonymous
          • YUU
          • 12 Nov 2022

          Reading all these comments here made me 🤢🤢🤢

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            • Trooper
            • mE0
            • 12 Nov 2022

            [deleted post]Because profits before people. It's all about the money, honey...

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              • Anonymous
              • AAX
              • 12 Nov 2022

              That puts even more shame on the Chinese who gave yet again the biggest sales to Apple Inc. phone 14 like crazy. They threw all that production disruption down the drain along with their money.

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                • Anonymous
                • nI8
                • 12 Nov 2022

                So much for those videos showing phones being assembled completely by robots!

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                  • Anonymous
                  • XUn
                  • 12 Nov 2022

                  SShock, 11 Nov 2022Because rest of the industry totally isn't doing that.... moreNo. rest of the industry is not doing what you are saying.
                  so, dude, all your words proves that you are nothing but a apple's iZombie.

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                    • Anonymous
                    • XUn
                    • 11 Nov 2022

                    a sudden quadrupling of workforce is not a good thing.
                    it takes time to become a good enough worker for company that needs very polished premium products.
                    so, without any doubt you can guarantee that the quality of iPhones that will be produced in India will be of very low quality.
                    luckily it is apple. logo fan people will get hypnotized seeing the eaten apple logo and will think the flaws of the phones as some kind of premium features. to them, being able to have the logo and becoming brainless arrogant is the main benefit.

                      Anonymous, 11 Nov 2022Should be made in USAbuild quality would be a mess

                        AnonD-1066415, 11 Nov 2022Neah, they will rise prices, lol. And the Apple fanboys wil... moreBecause rest of the industry totally isn't doing that. Come on dude, just admit you hate Apple. Meanwhile entirety of Android brands keeps releasing worse phones than 2 years ago, for same price. But you just can't seem to compute that effect when it's in reverse, do you? In the end, when components are worse at same price, it's same damn thing as iPhones being more expensive without regression. Even though we've seen even that with chipset and few other things. So, yeah, they're all the same.

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                          • Anonymous
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                          • 11 Nov 2022

                          Hugo, 11 Nov 2022I really miss the days when nokia phones were made in Finla... moreSamsung made in Vietnam is great too.

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                            • Anonymous
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                            • 11 Nov 2022

                            Anonymous, 11 Nov 2022Should be made in USAAnd charge you $2000+ minimum each.

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                              • Anonymous
                              • 0vE
                              • 11 Nov 2022

                              forcefed, 11 Nov 2022Poor apple... shouldn't have put all the eggs in one basket.That is a issue most companies have.

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                                • Anonymous
                                • a0V
                                • 11 Nov 2022

                                Hugo, 11 Nov 2022I really miss the days when nokia phones were made in Finla... moreI remember how surprised I was when in 2019 I got a brand new LG G8S that was made in Korea instead of china.

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                                  • Anonymous
                                  • nfJ
                                  • 11 Nov 2022

                                  Honestly, they could probably skip one generation of iPhones and justify it by "saving the planet" or something similar, most people wouldn't care or even notice.

                                    Poor apple... shouldn't have put all the eggs in one basket.

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                                      • Anonymous
                                      • Ibx
                                      • 11 Nov 2022

                                      Should be made in USA

                                        Safety of the life of the people/work force first.