Don’t worry: iPhones won’t necessarily be harder to buy, despite factory closures

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It’s human nature to panic-buy, and even more so these days, given what store shelves looked like for the first half of 2020. But right now there’s no reason to worry about a shortage of iPhones and iPads, despite new Covid restrictions affecting manufacturers in China.

Concerns have been raised because one of the key iPhone manufacturers has temporarily shut down production in two of its Shanghai factories in the wake of stricter Covid rules in China (as reported by the BBC).

Factories producing MacBooks and iPads have also been affected by the changing lockdown rules …

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