Apple is expected to produce 3 million fewer iPhone 14s this year than originally planned.
This was reported by the Bloomberg agency citing some sources, according to which Apple and its suppliers plan to produce 87 million iPhones compared to the initial target of 90 million.
The reduction is linked to weak demand for the iPhone 14 and 14 Plus.
Apple later admitted that production at the iPhone 14 Pro assembly plant in Zhengzhou, the largest in the world in China's Henan province, has been hit hard by restrictions against Covid-19.
"The facility (which is of Taiwanese Foxconn) is currently operating at significantly reduced capacity," the Cupertino-based company said in a statement.
As the year-end shopping season approaches, Apple has made it clear that it expects iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max shipments to be lower than expected and that customers will have to wait longer to get the new models.
