Customers wanting to buy the iPad 2 or iPhone 4 this summer could face frustration, according to a report.



From PCWorld:

The problem lies with one of Apple's key suppliers, Foxconn, which faces a shortage of labour and materials at its plants in Chengdu, China. Foxconn has said that it is doing everything it can to meet its customers' needs, though couldn't say if it would be able to hire enough extra staff to meet demand.

Apple is apparently putting pressure on Foxconn to increase output as it reckons it could sell as many as 22 million iPhones in the second quarter of 2011, up from 18.6 million in the first quarter.

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