Buying an iPhone 14 Pro or 14 Pro Max requires a little patience in addition to a good budget. Currently, according to Apple’s website, units purchased today are shipping on December 29, confirming that the commitment of those from Cupertino to their absolute top has proven to be a great success. could already see with the generation of iPhone 11, but this was fully confirmed with all the following ones, 12, 13 and 14, the demand of which exceeded the demand of the “basic” models many times over and above all, that of the misunderstood and already disappeared iPhone Mini.

However, the lack of inventory is not solely due to high demand, although that plays an important role. They were there too problems that seriously affected their production, which further complicates a situation that was already complex enough in itself. And as you know, the situation in China with regard to COVID-19 is still far from ideal. We already told you this year, first in March and later in May, that various Foxconn facilities were affected by government restrictions due to the pandemic, which at some point even questioned whether the new generation would be ready for sale. September

In the end, everything went reasonably well as the four new generation models arrived in time for the September meeting. But production was already taking a hit and the situation only got worse in recent months. And it’s because of the above-mentioned restrictions by the Chinese authorities in Zhengzhou, where Foxconn’s main production plants dedicated to the iPhone are located.

With its roughly 200,000 employees, hand in hand with the coronavirus restrictions, the company also had to face employee revolts over pay, including a lack of perception of previously promised bonuses that did not reach the workers. The sum of all these factors caused production to drop significantly.

However, and as we can read in MacRumors, all these problems seem to be on the way to a definitive solution, given that the authorities have eased the restrictions and Foxconn would solve the problems with the workers. Although the process of restoring full-scale production is complex, completion is expected by the end of this month. This, although we will have to wait for it, should translate into improved global availability of the iPhone 14 Pro and Pro Max.