According to the latest report, Apple’s iPhone 14 has recently entered the OEM trial production stage. The report pointed out that it is reported that Luxshare Precision has not yet obtained a new product trial production and import mass production service order (NPI), and will not be able to OEM the high-end iPhone 14.
It is expected that it can only get the basic iPhone 14 order this year and become the second supplier; Hong Hai Ze firmly sits on the throne of the iPhone OEM leader.
Hon Hai has never commented on the dynamics of major customer orders, and Luxshare Precision has not yet commented on the matter.
According to industry analysts, in the middle and late February of each year, Apple usually issues trial production orders for new mobile phone products to the foundry and introduces the foundry’s plans for this year’s new products.
Subsequent foundries must prepare a bill of materials (BOM), set up appropriate production and testing machines, and must also establish a quality monitoring process.
After the trial production begins, the foundry must collect data, correct abnormalities, evaluate the production process and products that need to be improved, and evaluate whether the trial-produced products are acceptable. Produce. Therefore, NPI can be regarded as an early stage of receiving orders and entering mass production.