Apple expects lower shipments of premium iPhone 14 models than previously anticipated following a significant production cut at a virus-blighted plant in China, dampening its sales outlook for the busy year-end holiday season. Demand for high-end smartphones assembled at Foxconn’s Zhengzhou plant has helped Apple remain a bright spot in a technology sector battered by consumer spending cutbacks amid surging inflation and interest rates. But the Cupertino, Calif.-based vendor has fallen victim to China’s zero-COVID-19 policy, which has seen global firms including Canada Goose and Estee Lauder shut local stores and cut forecasts. “The facility is currently operating at significantly…