Today a new supply chain report from Taiwan claims that Taiwan-based makers of voice coil motors, components for lens modules and more are giving production priority to Apple as strong sales in China erupt. Two days ago, a frenzy of iPhone 13 buyers in a shopping mall in northwestern China’s Shaanxi province was caught on film – and it's a stunning visual to behold. The store had to ask many Apple fans to return the next day as they couldn't handle the load.

For the Taiwan-based makers, profitability from Apple's orders is higher and more stable than that from Samsung and Chinese vendors, the sources noted according to a Digitimes report this morning.