Apple cuts iPhone 13 production: chips are missing

Apple is also having to deal with the chip supply crisis, despite its great bargaining power which seemed capable of making it immune to the negative consequences of a problem affecting large and large hi-tech (and automotive) companies small size.

The Cupertino house was forced to cut the production of the new iPhone 13 by 10 million pieces, reports Bloomberg. The reason is linked to the impossibility of finding sufficient components to carry out the initially planned stocks:

Texas Instruments supplies Apple with power management chips for OLED screens, while Broadcom takes care of the components for wireless connectivity. The source adds that Apple is also having difficulty sourcing components from other suppliers, without specifying which ones.

The problems particularly affect the Pro models as demonstrated by the delivery times through the official Apple store which currently show the date of 12-19 November by placing the order today (data taken from the Italian site ), and stocks now sold out at many Apple Stores. The problems attributable to production are then added to those attributable to logistics and transport services.

The fulfillment of iPhone 13 Pro and 13 Pro Max orders by mid-November would still make it possible to take advantage of the holiday season, which according to analysts' estimates could be one of the best ever recorded by Apple: around 120 billion dollars of turnover, +7% compared to the previous year.