Apple confirms iPhone 12 release has been delayed

[Chris Smith]

• The iPhone 12 release date was postponed officially to October, as Apple confirmed the rumors during its earnings call results on Thursday.
• Apple said that it wouldn’t release guidance for the September quarter, given the “uncertainty around the world.”
• Apple CFO Luca Maestri added that the new iPhone would be “available a few weeks later” than the usual late September launch.

Several reports said in the past few months that Apple would not be able to ship its iPhone 12 on time this year due to the novel coronavirus pandemic. Typically, Apple unveils new iPhones in the second week of September, and that’s when preorders start. The handsets are delivered a couple of weeks later, on the same Friday that store sales start. Reports that followed said that some of the four iPhone 12 that are in development could make the late September launch, while others will see some delays. Earlier this week, Qualcomm said that one of its main customers would postpone the launch of a flagship phone that was supposed to hit stores this quarter, and the delay will impact its earnings. Separately, a rising Apple leaker said that the iPhone 12 would be launched in October alongside new iPad models. We didn’t expect Apple to confirm such rumors anytime soon, but the company did just that via an unusual statement. Then again, 2020 is a strange year, with COVID-19 impacting almost everything about regular life that we took for granted.

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