iPhone 12 Launch Might Be Delayed Because Apple Engineers Can’t Travel to China

The Cupertino-based tech giant has extended the deadline by one month to the end of April for its engineers from making business trips to Asia.

By Indo-Asian News Service | Updated: 10 March 2020 15:46 IST

iPhone 12 Launch Might Be Delayed Because Apple Engineers Can’t Travel to China

The restrictions have delayed the engineering verification tests (EVTs) for the 5G iPhones

Highlights

Apple's travel restrictions have delayed engineering verification tests
Delaying the verification tests might push back the production deadline
Foxconn is gradually resuming production at its main manufacturing unit

Apple's restrictions on its engineers from travelling to Asia due to coronavirus has affected the development of its next-generation iPhone 12 which could result in a delayed fall launch.

The Cupertino-based tech giant has extended the deadline by one month to the end of April for its engineers from making business trips to Asia. These restrictions have delayed the engineering verification tests (EVTs) for the 5G iPhones at manufacturing facilities in China, Digi Times reported recently.

Apple's travel restrictions were first reported late last month.

Meanwhile, leading contract electronics maker Foxconn is gradually resuming production capacity at its major manufacturing base at Zhengzhou in China's Henan province.

Its production in the Zhengzhou Airport Economy Zone had slowed due to the outbreak of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in January, affecting the international supply chain.

Apple said in February that its revenue for the current quarter would be below its forecasts and that the worldwide iPhone supply "will be temporarily constrained" because of the consequences of the COVID-19 epidemic.

With help from the local authorities, Foxconn's Zhengzhou production base, which had only 1,800 employees left behind during the Spring Festival at the end of January, now has around 80,000 people on post, approaching the employment level in the same period in previous years.

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