According to people familiar with the matter, Apple plans to keep the iPhone production in 2022 basically the same as last year, which is a conservative position because this year is becoming more and more challenging for the smartphone industry According to people familiar with the matter, the company asked suppliers to assemble about 220 million iPhones this year, roughly the same as last year.
People familiar with the matter asked not to be named because the information had not been made public. The market is currently predicting Apple's [iPhone] this year( https://apple.pvxt.net/c/1251234/435400/7639?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.apple.com%2Fcn%2Fiphone%2F ) Production is close to 240 million, driven by the iPhone's expected major update in the autumn. However, the smartphone industry has had a difficult start this year, with production expectations falling across the board.
The worst inflation in decades, the war in Ukraine and supply chain turmoil are likely to affect sales in 2022. Strategy analytics predicts that global smartphone shipments will shrink by 2% in 2022. In recent weeks, trendforce has twice lowered its annual production forecast.
Apple declined to comment on the outlook, which could change in the coming months due to economic and supply constraints. Apple did not disclose its production target and stopped disclosing iPhone sales in 2019.
The company had previously warned that supply problems would have an impact on sales of $4 billion to $8 billion this quarter. As rising fuel and material prices push up the cost of daily necessities, the entire technology industry is preparing for a slowdown in consumer spending.