iPhone 12 release and iPhone 9 reportedly delayed due to coronavirus

[Zach Epstein]

• Apple's iPhone 12 series will feature the first big iPhone redesign in three years, and it's the most hotly anticipated smartphone release of 2020.
• Four new iPhone 12 models are expected to debut this coming September and a fifth new iPhone model — the iPhone 9 — is believed to be ready for a reveal even sooner, perhaps as early as the end of March.
• According to multiple reports, the novel coronavirus outbreak will delay Apple's iPhone 12 release as well as the iPhone 9 release, which was expected in early April.
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Apple's planned iPhone 12 release is still more than six months away, but the upcoming new iPhone series is already the most talked-about phone series in the world right now. iPhones always get tons of buzz each and every year, of course, but the iPhone 12's early hype is particularly interesting because 2020 should be a year that people are more focused on Android phones. After a couple of years where Android smartphones got a bit dull, this year we're seeing nifty new designs become more popular. Samsung's hole-punch display style is being used much more widely — in fact, just about every Android vendor is copying it — and there are finally a few foldable smartphones launching this year that have better designs than last year's Galaxy Fold, which was a mess from start to finish. And yet despite all that, the iPhone 12's leaked design overhaul seems to have captured everyone's attention.

There's no question that Apple fans are in for a treat this year thanks to a sleek new iPhone 12 design, but a huge iPhone 12 leak last week suggested that the next-generation iPhone series will feature far more upgrades than just the phone's design. But now, following reports that Apple's iPhone 9 release will likely be delayed due to manufacturing complications brought about by the novel coronavirus outbreak, multiple reports from independent sources suggest that Apple's iPhone 12 release will be delayed as well.

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