Apple iPhone 12 production may get delayed over coronavirus fears

Reuters: Travel restrictions to China because of the coronavirus have come just as Apple Inc’s engineers usually jet off to Asia to perfect the production of this fall’s new iPhones, former employees and supply chain experts told Reuters.

High-volume manufacturing is not scheduled until summer, but the first months of the year are when Apple irons out assembly processes with partners such as Hon Hai Precision Industry Co’s Foxconn, two former Apple employees said.

“They probably have one assembly line they’re trying things out on,” said one of the former employees who asked not to be named discussing production matters.