Come on we're late. It is the first thing that occurs to me after writing the headline of the news. These days ago we were receiving different inputs that told us that the components for this year's new iPhones were being manufactured.
Like several leaked photos of said components and warnings by the manufacturers that they were somewhat behind the traditional timing of previous years. About a month. Without a doubt, the happy pandemic is entirely to blame. At the Foxconn plants, everything is ready to start mass production in the middle of this month.
A report published by Nikkei explains that mass production of the new iPhone 12 will begin in mid-September. It will start with the 12-inch iPhone 6,1, and will continue with the rest of sizes in the following weeks.
It is also indicated in that article that the mass production of Apple's new tracking device, the Air Tag. A keychain that we can have constantly located through the native Apple application «Search».
Nikkei explains that the strict confidentiality requirements on the design of the new iPhone posed a very special challenge this year, as iPhone 12 prototypes needed to be shipped in special security vehicles from China to California For verification.
It also says that Apple's initial forecast was to manufacture 80 million units of the iPhone 12 for this year, but production delays mainly due to the coronavirus have lowered this forecast to 73 million units. An outrage if we take into account that its production has not started yet.
However, Apple has increased iPad orders in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, predicting sustained strong demand due to lockdown. Along with laptops, the iPad has become a good tool for studying and working from home.
