China's COVID-19 restrictions slowing iPhone 14 production, Apple says - Fox Business

Apple warned connected Sunday that COVID-19 restrictions are hampering accumulation astatine the main works manufacturing the caller iPhone 14 Pro successful Zhengzhou, China. 

"The installation is presently operating astatine importantly reduced capacity," Apple said successful a statement. 

"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." 

The iPhone 14 was unveiled successful September.  (Apple / Fox News)

China has maintained its "zero-COVID" policy, but the state reported the highest fig of caller cases successful six months connected Sunday. 

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Foxconn employs astir 200,000 radical astatine the Zhengzhou mill that makes a bulk of Apple's iPhones globally. 

China ordered an concern parkland that houses that iPhone mill to participate a seven-day lockdown earlier this week, barring residents from going retired and restricting question connected roads. 

FILE PHOTO: A antheral holds an iPhone 14 arsenic Apple Inc's caller models spell connected merchantability astatine an Apple store successful Beijing, China, September 16, 2022.  (REUTERS/Thomas Peter/File Photo / Reuters Photos)

Foxconn did not instantly respond to a petition for remark connected Sunday evening. 

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Apple unveiled the 6.1-inch iPhone 14 Pro and a 6.7-inch iPhone 14 Pro Max successful September, some of which are powered by a 5-core GPU and an A16 Bionic chip. 

Reuters contributed to this report.