The Apple iPhone 5S now ships in three to five working days compared to two to three weeks in the past. This is thanks to Foxconn boosting the production of the smartphone.
The Wall Street Journal reports, “The waiting time for iPhone 5Ss has shortened significantly as major assembler Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. has been running its factories around the clock, adding more workers to its production lines.
“Apple is now shipping all variations of the iPhone 5S smartphones within three to five business days, compared to a two- to-three- week wait last month, according to the company’s online stores in China and the U.S.
“Hon Hai, also known by its trade name Foxconn, has boosted production capacity for the iPhone 5S at the expense of the cheaper iPhone 5C as requested by Apple, people familiar with the situation told The Wall Street Journal last month.
“The Taiwan-based contract manufacturer, which has more than one million workers in China, has operated 100 production lines around the clock in Zhengzhou, north central China, at full capacity, according to executives at Hon Hai. The company has about 300,000 workers at its Zhengzhou site, dedicated to just making the iPhone 5S and key components such as metal casings.”
An anonymous Hon Hai executive told the business news site, “We have been churning out about 500,000 iPhone 5Ss everyday, the highest daily output ever.”
The executive adds, “For the iPhone 5C or the iPhone 5, we only have 500 workers per production line as the assembly procedure is less complicated. Although the market had concerns over demand for the new iPhone before its launch, our Zhengzhou site’s production capacity for iPhones has continued to grow over the past two years.”
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