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Analyst Ming-Chi Kuo predicts iPhone production may not see significant improvement until Q2 2020 due to Corona virus delays

The Corona virus is taking its toll on the world, and Apple’s iPhone production may not significantly improve until the second quarter of 2020. This is the conclusion of respected Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, who sent this opinion out in a research note. In the past few weeks, Kuo has warned of delays and low labor return […]

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Chinese Apple Store locations, Foxconn plants, “cautiously” reopening in wake of coronavirus outbreak

Apple is trying to get things up and running again in China following the coronavirus outbreak and the forced closure of iPhone assembler Foxconn’s main assembly plant. Apple, in turn, has announced that it will be “cautiously” resuming production in its main iPhone manufacturing plants. Foxconn announced that it is cautiously reopening its plants, but […]

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Apple announces that it will miss quarterly guidance, iPhone sales estimates, due to coronavirus outbreak

Even a giant can be temporarily hobbled by sickness. Apple has revised its quarterly guidance downward not just a as a result of lowered sales in China because of the coronavirus, but also because of production problems in the country that are just now starting to be overcome. The company issued the following statement on […]

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Foxconn staff ordered to stay away from Shenzhen factory due to Coronavirus outbreak

Apple, like other companies, is feeling the effect of the coronavirus outbreak. To this point, key iPhone assembler Foxconn has told its workers to stay away from its Shenzhen factory. The moratorium referents a noted effort by Apple’s chief supplier to curb the efforts of the outbreak, which has paralyzed much of China’s manufacturing. Shenzhen […]

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Apple’s Chinese suppliers look to restart full iPhone production by February 10th, despite coronavirus concerns

Plans are being formed to ensure that the iPhones continue being produced at full-scale production rates by February 10, despite the presence of the coronavirus in China: Foxconn’s Hon Hai, the most important manufacturer for the U.S. company, said Tuesday it still expects to be able to restart facilities throughout China on schedule, according to […]