Apple expects iPhone 14 shipments to be hit by China's Covid curbs - CNN

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Apple has said that shipments of its latest lineup of iPhones volition beryllium “temporarily impacted” by Covid restrictions successful China.

In a connection connected Sunday, the institution said that its assembly installation located successful the cardinal Chinese metropolis of Zhengzhou is “currently operating astatine importantly reduced capacity,” owed to Covid curbs.

“We proceed to spot beardown request for iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max models,” the tech elephantine said. However, the institution expects little shipments for those models than “previously anticipated and customers volition acquisition longer hold times to person their caller products,”Apple added.

Run by Foxconn, 1 of Apple’s largest suppliers, the installation successful Zhengzhou has been grappling since mid-October with a Covid outbreak that has caused panic among its migrant workers. Last week, authorities imposed a seven-day lockdown of the country that houses the factory.

The lockdown is putting tremendous strain connected Foxconn and Apple conscionable earlier the cardinal vacation buying play begins and highlights however China’s stringent zero-Covid argumentation is hurting planetary business.

In caller weeks, apical planetary and Chinese companies — from carmakers to tech giants — person experienced immense disruptions to their businesses arsenic the world’s second-largest system doubles down connected its zero-Covid approach.

Things whitethorn not amended anytime soon. China’s authorities assembly reiterated its unwavering committedness to the nation’s zero-Covid argumentation during a property league connected Saturday, contempt rumors that the authorities mightiness loosen pandemic restrictions and chopped quarantine days.

While Apple (AAPL) has go the latest unfortunate of China’s Covid curbs, it is weathering the planetary economical downturn amended than chap tech giants. Last month, the institution beat Wall Street analysts’ income and income expectations for the 4th ended successful September.