The coronavirus continues to give headaches to companies and manufacturers that depend on production in China. It had already been mentioned that Apple would be having difficulties in launching new products in this first quarter of the year, and there was even talk of the possible postponement of the launch of the iPad Pro. At stake would be its logistics of operations and its factories are working limited form on Chinese soil.
Bloomberg now advances with the information that Apple maintains the difficulty in producing equipment and has already warned its employees and retail stores about possible failures in the delivery of iPhones. Above all, there may be problems in replacing damaged equipment, with an estimated delivery time of two to four weeks, according to the employees' own report.
Alternatively, employees will now be able to offer customers the possibility of delivery in the equipment domain and even provide temporary replacement smartphones while they wait for their arrangement. There will be stores with a lack of repair parts, such as screens or cameras, according to the testimony of some employees who preferred to remain anonymous, according to the publication.
Interestingly, there are beneficial effects related to the coronavirus outbreak in China. The country has become a much less polluting country in these first months of the year, as shown by the satellite images released by NASA.
