Apple Warns of 'Longer Wait Times' for iPhone 14 Pro, Pro Max - PCMag

It didn't instrumentality agelong for those workers feeling a Chinese iPhone factory past week to person an interaction connected the proviso of Apple's high-end iPhones.

In a press release(Opens successful a caller window), Apple confirmed that COVID-19 restrictions successful a installation located successful Zhengzhou, China resulted successful "significantly reduced capacity." It poses a superior occupation for Apple arsenic the installation houses iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max assembly lines—the 2 iPhone 14 models that are proving highly fashionable with consumers.

Apple says it's prioritizing the wellness and information of workers, truthful anyone readying to get an iPhone 14 Pro oregon Pro Max for the holidays should brace themselves for imaginable disappointment. The Apple Store is already listing a "4-5 weeks" hold clip for shipping, and that's lone apt to get worse arsenic the property merchandise goes connected to say:

"We proceed to spot beardown request for iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max models. 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."

Zhengzhou is location to the world's largest iPhone factory, which is operated by Foxconn and employs implicit 200,000 workers. In mid-October, Foxconn implemented a fig of new enactment policies successful a bid to power the dispersed of a caller COVID-19 outbreak. Workers were provided with escaped food, but had to devour successful their dorms, and iPhone workers were offered a tiny wage bonus and transport subsidies.

The controls and incentives weren't capable for galore workers, though. On Oct. 31 they began to flee, with video footage showing workers carrying suitcases retired of the facility. Foxconn besides reported that 20,000 unit had been diagnosed with COVID-19. At the time, it was predicted iPhone accumulation could driblet by arsenic overmuch arsenic 30%.