iPhone 13 Launch Overshadowed by Serious Problems

 


Reportedly, the iPhone 13 will be officially introduced by Apple towards the end of September 2021. But there is bad news about its launch.

The Wall Street Journal business media reported that an iPhone component manufacturer is experiencing serious production problems that could threaten the supply of the iPhone 13 to the market later.


The two problem manufacturers are Murata Manufacturing and Taiyo Yuden Co. They make multilayer ceramic capacitors (MLCCs), tiny ceramic components that play an important role in controlling the flow of electricity in devices. In one smartphone, on average there are more than a thousand MLCCs.



The two manufacturers seem to have been affected by the increasing number of COVID-19 transmissions in the East Asia region. Taiyo Yuden was forced to operate a factory with a 40% decrease in workforce, while Murata even had to close his factory.


Murata is based in the Philippines and there, Corona cases have tripled in the last 6 weeks. This news is in accordance with the warning from Apple officials about the disruption of the supply of certain components.


"We expect supply disruptions in the September quarter to be larger than what we experienced in the June quarter. These disruptions will primarily impact the iPhone and iPad," Apple's Chief Financial Officer (CFO) said in July.



Not to mention that Apple's largest supply maker, TSMC, has announced a chip price that could make the iPhone 13 more expensive than the previous generation. But reportedly, Apple will try as much as possible not to increase prices. Let's just wait for the certainty in the launch of the iPhone 13.

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