COVID-19 restrictions at Foxconn’s main iPhone 14 manufacturing unit in Zhengzhou, China means shipments shall be decrease than anticipated, Apple mentioned in a short press release. That means in flip that prospects who’ve ordered one will expertise “longer wait times to receive their new products,” it added.

COVID-19 restrictions have briefly impacted the first iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max meeting facility positioned in Zhengzhou, China. The facility is at present working at considerably decreased capability. As we now have finished all through the COVID-19 pandemic, we’re prioritizing the well being and security of the employees in our provide chain.We proceed to see robust demand for iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max fashions. However, we now count on decrease iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max shipments than we beforehand anticipated and prospects will expertise longer wait occasions to obtain their new merchandise.We are working intently with our provider to return to regular manufacturing ranges whereas guaranteeing the well being and security of each employee.

A slowdown in shipments was extensively anticipated after the Chinese authorities ordered a week-long lockdown within the space the place the Foxconn manufacturing unit is positioned following the outbreak. The motion, a part of the federal government’s “Covid Zero” strategy, impacts the manufacturing unit that manufactures 4 out of 5 Apple’s new smartphones. Overall, iPhone manufacturing could possibly be decreased by 30 p.c, in response to previous reports.

Launched in September, the iPhone 14 is a comparatively minor improve over the the earlier mannequin, with the principle change being the elimination of the SIM tray, and the Dynamic Island on the iPhone 14 Pro. The transport time is at present listed as 3-4 weeks within the US.