CoronavirusApple's iPhone supply woes to continue into April: sources
Mass production of cheaper iPhones likely behind schedule
An Apple store in Hong Kong: The U.S. company previously asked suppliers to prepare 80 million iPhones, including up to 15 million units of a cheaper model, for the first half of 2020. © AP
LAULY LI and CHENG TING-FANG, Nikkei staff writers
February 19, 2020 02:03 JST
TAIPEI -- Apple will likely miss its schedule for mass producing a more affordable iPhone, while inventories of existing models could remain low until April or longer, despite suppliers in China gradually resuming production amid the coronavirus outbreak, sources familiar with the matter told the Nikkei Asian Review.