A few hours ago,Appleofficially revealed its figures for 2019. And there is no doubt:success is there, with nearly 100 billion dollars won under the counter. But this growth compared to the previous year is, logically, the sign of massive production of new accessories, with increasing orders for the firm's suppliers based in Asia.
We already suspected thatiPhone manufacturing was going to be slowed down by thecoronavirusand by certain companies like Sony (in charge of the photo sensor for smart phones) which also make a lot of profit. If that wasn't enough, now it's the CEO of Cupertino who confirms that he is doing everything to stop these delays.
Will the shortage be felt in France?
According to Tim Cook, it is above all the period ofend of the year(bringing together Black Friday, Christmas and New Year's Eve) which emptied its company's product stocks. Especially when it comes to wireless headphonesAirPodsand the watchWatch Series 3. And for the moment, no date for a return to normal seems to have been defined.
It is therefore possible that the quantity of connected objects on sale will run out in the months that follow, until availability in stores is completely exhausted. However, before such a pattern occurs, several factors can be taken into account to stem the phenomenon:
- Apple can still promotethe modelsreconditionedbased on the recycling of devices that customers return to the Apple Store,
- THEdistributorslike Amazon or Darty have surely planned to deal with the drop in deliveries, because this information is not new.
- Finally, it is always possible to findnew providersto produce more products.
