Apple will make 10 million fewer iPhone 13s this year due to chip shortages

Apple had planned to produce 90 million iPhone 13 smartphones in the current quarter, but that does not seem to be possible due to chip shortages, Bloomberg said on the basis of sources. This production number will probably be adjusted downwards by a maximum of ten million.

Bloomberg says Apple is likely to cut its production by up to 10 million units. This could bring the production number for the last quarter of this year to 80 million units. Apple is said to have told manufacturing partners and suppliers that the higher target number will not be met because Broadcom and Texas Instruments fail to supply sufficient components. Bloomberg relies on sources that would be familiar with the matter.

According to ZDNet, which is partly based on a teardown of iFixit, there are four different chips from Broadcom in the iPhone 13, including a wireless power receiver and two RF chips. Texas Instruments mainly deals with parts for the display. This company would have three or four chips in the iPhone 13, including a power management chip for the OLED screen and a USB 2.0 repeater chip. There would also be shortages at other suppliers.

Apple unveiled its iPhone 13 phones in the middle of last month. There are again four different versions and the cheapest models now have 128GB of storage and a higher capacity battery. The prices of the iPhone 13, the mini, the Pro and the Pro Max are the same as their predecessors, namely 809, 909, 1159 and 1259 euros respectively.