As expected, Apple has already published a profit warning for the current quarter. However, the company did not provide a new forecast in the press release. This is still to come. Now there are reports that mass production of the iPhone 9 (known as the iPhone SE 2) is still being delayed.
Due to the ongoing coronavirus epidemic, Apple is currently unable to provide a sales forecast for the current quarter. The previously forecast 63 - 67 billion US dollars have already been withdrawn. Now the Japanese news site Nikkei Asian Review has come back with a new report on the iPhone 9. According to the latest information, mass production of the iPhone 9 is still delayed. This was originally supposed to start in early February. According to Nikkei, it currently looks as if mass production will reach its peak sometime in March. Capacity is currently at around 30 percent - far from "mass production". The news site cites several different sources. The report states: report:
Suppliers are doing their best to produce and ship the (cheaper) iPhone within four weeks. The delay cannot be too long, otherwise it will affect Apple's sales strategy of new products in the second half of this year.
iPhone 9 supply shortages
Accordingly, the iPhone 12 series be in danger - DigiTimes has already warned of this. In addition, the delivery bottlenecks in the delivery of the iPhone 9 are said to last until at least April, as the report continues - that is the current status. In addition to the sluggish production, there is also a "labor shortage" in the logistics sector - explains Nikkei. But the presentation of the device does not seem to be in danger at the moment. Both Bloomberg and DigiTimes and other observers have already announced a March keynote. The event is definitely set to feature the iPhone 9 (known as iPhone SE 2) will be introduced. Of course, it cannot be ruled out that Apple will reschedule the market launch at short notice. But at the moment it does not look like that will happen. Rumors say that around 15 million units of the iPhone 9 were originally planned - how many there will actually be at market launch cannot yet be estimated. (Photo by tashka2000 / Bigstockphoto)
