iPhone 13 delivery times lengthen as COVID hits suppliers in Vietnam

Camera module constraints add more pressure as China power cuts hit supply chain

Apple's newly launched iPhone 13 has encountered production snags, partially associated with problems in COVID-hit Vietnam. (Photo by Arisa Moriyama)

LAULY LI, CHENG TING-FANG, and LIEN HOANG, Nikkei staff writers

September 29, 2021 12:02 JST

TAIPEI/HO CHI MINH CITY -- Buyers of Apple's new iPhone 13 are facing longer-than-expected delivery times due to the COVID wave in Vietnam and the U.S. tech giant's deployment of a new camera feature, Nikkei Asia has learned.

The disruption is mainly associated with constrained supplies of camera modules for the four iPhone 13 models because a significant number of its component parts are assembled in Vietnam, according to people familiar with the matter.