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# Apple warns of hit to iPhone shipments from Chinese Covid-19 disruptions

> Nov 6 (Reuters) - Apple Inc AAPL.O on Sunday said it expects lower iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone Pro Max shipments than previously anticipated as Covid-19 restrictions temporarily disrupt production at an assembly facility in Zhengzhou, China.

By Reuters · Published 7 November 2022, 14:00 SAST

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"The facility is currently operating at significantly reduced capacity," the iPhone maker said in a statement. "Customers will experience longer wait times to receive their new products," it added.

Reuters last month [reported](https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?search=all%3AL1N31W0DL&linkedFromStory=true) that production of Apple's iPhones could slump by as much as 30% at one of the world's biggest factories next month due to tightening Covid-19 curbs in China.

Its main Zhengzhou plant in central China, which employs about 200,000 people, has been [rocked by discontent](https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?search=all%3AL1N31W0DL&linkedFromStory=true) over stringent measures to curb the spread of Covid-19, with many workers fleeing the site.

Separately, Taiwan's Foxconn, Apple Inc's biggest iPhone maker, said on Monday it was working to resume [full production](https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?search=all%3AL1N3220I2&linkedFromStory=true) at a major plant in Zhengzhou that had been hit by Covid-19 curbs, and revised down its fourth quarter outlook.

The impact on production comes amid a traditionally busy time for electronics makers ahead of the year-end holiday season, which is also a prime time for vendors of consumer goods like Apple.

By Jaiveer Shekhawat

(Reporting by Jaiveer Singh Shekhawat in Bengaluru; Editing by Sam Holmes)