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Foxconn's production suspension crisis has caused Apple to plunge into iPhone production automation: assemblers have dropped by 50%, and comprehensive replacement still faces challenges

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Aug 21, 2024 pm 08:13 PM

IT House News on June 25th, technology media The Information published a blog post yesterday (June 24th), introducing that in order to avoid Foxconn’s production suspension in 2022, Apple has spared no effort to promote the deployment of factory automation in recent years, resulting in the iPhone assembly line The number of employees on the company dropped by 50%.

Foxconns production suspension crisis has caused Apple to plunge into iPhone production automation: assemblers have dropped by 50%, and comprehensive replacement still faces challenges

1. Apple tries iPhone assembly automation project:
Apple has always planned to try iPhone assembly automation project, but it has been shelved due to high cost.

Foxconn’s production suspension crisis:
Foxconn’s production suspension crisis prompted Apple to decide to implement automation projects.
iPhone 15 Series Automation:
The iPhone 15 series will feature “a lot” of automation, but will still face the challenge of production complexity.
Reports indicate that the biggest problem with the iPhone assembly automation project is the "high defect rate", which has led Apple to cancel some of the automated processes for the iPhone 16 series.

The translated part of IT House is as follows:

According to three people working in Apple’s supply chain, Apple will continue to deepen and promote automation technology this year, using machines to assemble iPhone buttons, receivers, and speakers. and the main logic board installed into the phone.
However, three people said that the challenge of currently deploying the machine is that it is difficult to fix it correctly, because the parts must be carefully screwed into place at odd angles.

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