Apple iPhone models delayed by China's COVID restrictions - ABC News

Apple said connected Sunday that COVID-19 restrictions astatine an iPhone mill successful China person "temporarily impacted" shipments of its flagship phone.

The world's astir invaluable institution said a installation successful Zhengzhou tally by Foxconn, 1 of Apple's largest suppliers, was "currently operating astatine importantly reduced capacity."

"We proceed to spot beardown request for iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max models," Apple said successful a statement. "However, we present expect little iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max shipments than we antecedently anticipated and customers volition acquisition longer hold times to person their caller products."

Commuters wearing look masks locomotion on a thoroughfare successful the cardinal concern territory successful Beijing, connected Nov. 3, 2022. Access to an concern portion successful the cardinal Chinese metropolis of Zhengzhou was suspended aft the metropolis reported dozens of coronavirus cases.

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Foxconn, arsenic Hon Hai Precision Industry is known, turned its Zhengzhou installation into a "closed-loop" mill due to the fact that of concerns astir COVID-19 successful the surrounding area, according to a study past week by Morgan Stanley analysts.

About 60% of Foxconn's iPhone assembly happens successful Zhengzhou, Morgan Stanley analysts wrote successful the report.

"However, we bash judge the interaction of the COVID concern successful Zhengzhou is showing up successful iPhone pb times, arsenic iPhone 14 Pro and Pro Max pb times person elongated by ~7 days successful the past week, to 26 days arsenic of Tuesday, November 1st," the analysts wrote.

The logo of Foxconn is pictured connected apical of the company's office successful New Taipei City, Taiwan, connected Oct. 31, 2022.

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Taiwan-based Foxconn issued a current-quarter outlook connected Monday, saying it was primitively "cautiously optimistic," but "due to the pandemic affecting immoderate of our operations successful Zhengzhou, the institution volition 'revise down' the outlook for the 4th quarter."

The institution said the section authorities had "made it wide that it will, arsenic always, afloat support" Foxconn's section production.

A women a look masks hold for their buses astatine a autobus basal displaying an iPhone advertisement successful Beijing connected Oct. 30, 2022. Access to an concern portion successful the cardinal Chinese metropolis of Zhengzhou was suspended successful aboriginal November.

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"Foxconn is present moving with the authorities successful concerted effort to stamp retired the pandemic and resume accumulation to its afloat capableness arsenic rapidly arsenic possible," the institution said successful a statement.

Apple said it's "working intimately with our supplier to instrumentality to mean accumulation levels portion ensuring the wellness and information of each worker."

ABC News' Taylor Dunn contributed to this report.