The very first phase of iPhone 14 production is reportedly underway, in a stage known as trial production. In this phase, a small number of devices are assembled in order to gather data that will guide later mass production.
Trial production has four main goals …
First, test the planned assembly process to identify any problems encountered. Second, spot opportunities for improving efficiency. Third, collect data, such as the number of units produced per hour. Finally, establish a suitable quality monitoring process.
Apple last year promoted Luxshare from a component supplier to an iPhone assembler, including some iPhone 13 Pro units. The Pro Max was still exclusively assembled by Foxconn.
However, the company’s hope to see a boost in iPhone orders this year appears to have been dashed: UDN reports that Luxshare will this year likely only get assembly orders for the base-model iPhone 14.
Trial production starting toward the end of February is in line with previous years, suggesting all is so far on schedule for this year’s iPhone 14 line-up.
Apple iPhone 14 has recently entered the OEM trial production operation. It is reported that the [Chinese] factory Luxshare has not yet obtained the new product trial production import mass production service order (NPI), and will miss the [opportunity to manufacture Pro models, which are the most profitable to make].
For the high-end iPhone 14, this year, it may only get orders for the basic iPhone 14 and become the second supplier. [Foxconn is] firmly seated as the leading iPhone OEM, and this year’s iPhone 14 orders are “safe.”
We’re expecting to see a new design, the familiar notch replaced with either a punch-hole for the camera, a pill-shaped cutout for camera and other tech, or a combination of the two. You can read more about what we anticipate in our recent roundup. Subsequent reports suggest interesting possibilities on the SIM front and a potential RAM boost.
