Covid-19 restrictions have shut down a key Chinese facility for Apple iPhones
🍎 Covid-19 restrictions have shut down a key Chinese facility for Apple iPhones.
The company’s primary assembly facility in Zhengzhou, China is operating at a “significantly reduced capacity” due to the country’s strict restrictions regarding the Covid-19 virus. Apple has announced via press release that the hindrance will affect the availability of the new iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max during the upcoming holiday season. The supplier’s facility belongs to Foxconn, which is currently in the middle of one of the largest Covid-19 resurgences since the citywide lockdown in Shanghai last spring.
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