- Apple has accelerated plans to move its productions outside Zhengzhou, China – where iPhone City is located – in recent weeks
- COVID-19 protests and wage disputes have broken out in the city, leaving Apple’s busiest time of year in shambles with production and delivery delays
- Consumers are facing the longest wait times in the iPhone’s 15-year history
- It is now eyeing India and Vietnam to reduce its dependency on Taiwanese-based assemblers led by Foxconn Technology Group, which runs the factory
- Apple is hoping, long-term, to ship up to 45 percent from India, which currently only does single digits, and Vietnam could handle AirPods and laptops READ MORE
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