Foxconn Predicts Better Year Ahead but Flags Slowing Smartphone Demand

Foxconn Technology Group, the world’s biggest iPhone assembler, said demand for smartphones and other consumer electronics is slowing, leading it to take a more cautious stance in the current quarter.

Foxconn Chairman Young Liu said the smartphone market could remain flat compared with a year earlier. He listed possible risks including inflation, the pandemic and the evolving geopolitical situation—a growing concern after a week in which China staged military drills around Taiwan, where Foxconn is based.