Wedbush analyst Daniel Ives predicts that the Chinese coronavirus may make its own adjustments
What does it mean
Let us remind you that the factories where Apple smartphones are assembled were closed due to the epidemic. The analyst believes that it will take them about a month to increase the previous pace.
If work is completed before April,then the “budget” iPhone 9 (SE 2) may be delayed for a couple of weeks, but the premiere of the new flagship iPhone 12 will not be affected. Let us remind you that the iPhone 9 should debut in March, and the iPhone 12 line – traditionally in September.
Daniel Ives warns of worse developmentsevents: if production is set up only by May - early June, then Apple's new products will be released with a significant delay of several months. In this case, iPhone 12 sales will begin closer to the new year.
The analyst is inclined to believe that the chainShipments will return to normal by late April/early May, at which point the iPhone 9 will have to wait a few more months, with the iPhone 12 debuting a few weeks later.
In addition, due to coronavirus iPhone sales are expected to decline.
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