Expect iPhone Shipment Delays, Apple Informs Customers

iPhone producers, Apple, on Monday, told customers to expect delays in the shipment of iPhones as a result of COVID-19 restrictions at a manufacturing factory in China.

Apple manufacturing partner, Foxconn’s iPhone plant in Zhengzhou, China, is operating under restrictions, temporarily impacting the primary iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max assembly facility.

Recently, there had been reports that workers at the iPhone assembly factory in China absconded from the premises after a spurt of COVID-19 cases forced a complete lockdown at the factory.

Foxconn, which is a supplier to the United States-based Apple, has many workers at its Zhengzhou complex and has not provided an official count of how many are infected by COVID-19.

Apple said that it was working in close terms with the supplier to get back to normal production levels while ensuring the health and safety of every worker.