The iPhone 9 gets priced again, but coronavirus threatens its release date
Apple is changing tack with its iPhone strategy this year, and will be releasing a rock bottom affordable (for Apple’s standards, that is) iPhone 9 for those nostalgic types who lust after the physical home key and the manageable size of those iOS handsets of yesteryear.
Apple iPhone 9 price takes off at iPhone SE levels
Apple iPhone 9 release and shipment delays affected by coronavirus
Due to the coronavirus outbreak that is sweeping China’s heartland, quarantine rules hampered production of, well, everything, and Foxconn even retooled conveyor belts for protective masks instead of phones production.
“There are still many uncertainties,” tips the famed Apple analyst in a memo to clients, and stresses that he can’t engage into any forecast regarding production volumes or even restart of the iPhone 9 assembly plans as the opening of the other Foxconn factories that are supposed to make it, will be delayed by “at least several days.”
Apple will most likely still announce and launch the iPhone 9 according to schedule, but there may be discrepancies between initial demand and actual availability that may see your shipment date pushed back significantly.