iPhone: Apple say number of iPhone 14 wey dem dey ship low sake of COVID lockdown for China plant - BBC

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You bin dey program to bargain di latest iPhone 14 Pro oregon Pro Max during di extremity of twelvemonth holiday? Apple Inc accidental you spell request to hold longer earlier you spell get am.

Apple accidental di magnitude of premium iPhone 14 models wey dem bin dey expect to vessel signifier China spell dey debased arsenic accumulation don trim of Covid infections for di mill wey dey manufacture am.

Chinese officials lockdown di district wia Foxconn iPhone mill dey for 7 days starting since 2 November. 

Di institution autumn unfortunate of China zero-COVID-19 policy, wey don impact planetary companies including Canada Goose Holdings Inc (GOOS.TO), and Estee Lauder Companies Inc (EL.N) so tey dem adjacent immoderate section stores.

"As we bin bash passim di COVID-19 pandemic, we dey springiness precedence to di wellness and information of workers for our proviso chain," na truthful 1 connection from Apple, wey motorboat di caller iPhone enactment for September bin tok.

"Di mill dey run connected debased capableness for now," Apple tok connected Sunday without giving details of di grade of di reduction.

"We proceed to spot beardown request for iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max models. However, we dey present expect little iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max shipments dan we bin dey expect  before," e tok for 1 statement.

Tori pipo Reuters bin study past period accidental iPhone accumulation acceptable trim by up to 30% for November for Foxconn Zhengzhou mill - 1 of di satellite biggest - owed to COVID-19 restrictions.

Di  factory for cardinal China, wey employment astir 200,000 pipo, bin don dey look wahala involvement of di strict measures to trim di dispersed of COVID-19, arsenic galore workers tally from di site.

Di announcement acceptable disappoint investors wey bin dey anticipation accidental China spell assistance im Covid restrictions soon. Chinese banal markets emergence sharply connected Friday connected apical rumours accidental Covid lockdowns spell soon end.

Beijing zero-Covid basal to apprehension di dispersed of di microorganism dey get precise large economical cost. But di kontri person Xi Jinping, wey personally o.k. di policy, neva springiness immoderate motion accidental dem spell easiness americium soon.

China connected Monday study im highest fig of caller infections in six months.

During di weekend, wellness officials accidental dem spell support strict coronavirus measures.

Local officials precocious remark connected cases of COVID-19 for di plant.

Foxconn nary gree tok astir di fig of pipo wey dey infected oregon connected di information of di pipo wey drawback di virus.

Di shaper don statesman enlistee workers, e dey besides connection di workers wey permission di mill from Oct. 10 to Nov. 5 bonus of 500 yuan ($69) if dem return.

E besides advertise salaries of 30 yuan per hour, higher dan di 17 to 23 yuan salaries wey immoderate workers archer Reuters accidental na wtin dem dey collect.

($1 = 7.2135 Chinese yuan renminbi)