Delivery times for iPhone 13 stretch as COVID-19 hits Vietnam suppliers

Last updated on: 29 September,2021 08:45 am

The disruption could ease as soon as mid-October.

(Reuters) - Buyers of Apple’s new iPhone 13 face longer-than-expected delivery times because of a wave of COVID-19 infections in Vietnam, where components for the device’s new camera module are assembled, Nikkei Asia said.

The disruption, which could ease as soon as mid-October, is linked to a constriction in supplies of modules for the phone’s four models, as a significant number of components are assembled in Vietnam, it said, citing people familiar with the matter.