Apple's iPhone warning underscores risk of chip shortage into 2022

Overlapping orders make actual demand for semiconductors hard to read

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Apple now has more suppliers from China and Hong Kong than from Taiwan. © Reuters

HIDEAKI RYUGEN, Nikkei staff writer

TOKYO -- The chip shortage that has disrupted car and electronics production worldwide looks increasingly likely to last into next year, industry watchers say, with Apple revealing this week that it expects the supply troubles to spread to iPhones.

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