A new report from the Taiwanese publication Digitimes delivers its most recent information about iPhone production. Based on sources close to Apple suppliers, the newspaper reveals that the production of iPhone 9 is in the starting blocks. The new machine, in the still hypothetical name, should bepresented next month.
This is an expected model, because it possibly settling in the low -end of iPhone,Between 400 and 500 euros, according to the latest rumors on the subject. This would allow Apple to touch more potential buyers, especially in the called “emerging” markets, where the Android low and mid -range models reign supreme.
On the other hand, the Digitimes announces a production delay for the iPhone 12. The subcontractors were initially launching their assembly chain for the next Apple standard bearers smartphones in June. But the Californian firm would have stopped sending its engineers to China. However, they normally have the task of validating the iPhone assembly process before the start of large -scale production.
The cause of these events is well known to all now, it is the epidemic of the Chinese coronavirus. To date, China prevents population travel in the country, especially by plane, except for professionals, but only in case force majeure.
Nothing indicates, however, at this stage if Apple will manage to hold its usual calendar concerning the release of its next iPhone 12, with a presentation normally made in September and an availability in store in the same month.
Finally, know that the virus is also the direct responsible forExtraordinary cancellationFrom the Barcelona mobile show, the mobile World Congress, which was to be held from February 23 to 28.
If the epidemic continues to spread, the year 2020 could find itself all turned upside down, and this obviously beyond the tech sphere.
Editor -in -chief for Iphon.fr. Pierre is such Indiana Jones, looking for the lost iOS tip. Also long -standing Mac user, Apple devices have in short, no secrets. Contact: Pierre [a] Iphon.fr.