“The iPhone 6 seems to be running into the same old story — not enough supply to meet demand,” Lance Whitney reports for CNET. Apple supplier Foxconn has brought more factory workers on board to make the iPhone 6 and the iPhone 6 Plus at its plant in Zhengzhou, China. But the complexities of manufacturing both phones appear to be taking their toll, the Wall Street Journal said Wednesday, citing the usual ‘people familiar with the matter.'”
“More than 200,000 Foxconn workers are stationed at the Zhengzhou factory with the sole job of assembling the new iPhones and some of its key components, the Journal said,” Whitney reports. “The plant is also running 100 production lines 24 hours a day to keep up with demand for the new phones. So what exactly is the problem?”
“Foxconn is the only supplier manufacturing the 5.5-inch iPhone 6 Plus and is responsible for most of the 4.7-inch iPhone 6 units,” Whitney reports. “Another problem reportedly rests with flaws in the production output. The percentage of successful iPhone 6 Plus units assembled is only around 50 percent to 60 percent, a person at a display component supplier told the Journal. That means Foxconn has to throw out the units that don’t meet quality standards. The iPhone 6 fares better with a successful production rate of more than 85 percent.”
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