Earlier this week, the World Health Organization announced Wuhan's outbreak of the crisis as a global emergency. The coronavirus is causing major health problems in China and everyone is awake, including Apple. The disease has already forced large companies to take action and Apple has closed its stores and offices in China over the next few days as a precauti onary measure, but problems may escalate.
As reported by Ming-Chi Kuo, the number of iPhone shipments this quarter can up to 10% of coronavirus outbreaks
The iPhone affected by the coronavirus
As we reported a few days ago, the incoming iPhone 9 could be affected by coronavirus, now Ku is extending the issue to Apple's full production. There you are reporting Major device manufacturing problems in the first quarter, and that could also affect the second quarter of 2020, depending on how the virus is managed.
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China is Apple's manufacturing hub, and not only is the place where devices connect, Many of the company's vendors are located in China and coronavirus can completely disable the state and internal transport. Something that could affect Apple and all the companies including their devices in China.
The exact distance will depend on the behavior of the virus, during the last days stakeholders increased and the situation does not seem to be in control. Apple has decided to close its stores and offices for 9 days as recommended by the authorities, so it is likely that this may take some time to control the situation.