Apple has re-opened more than half of its retail stores in China after the coronavirus outbreak forced it to temporarily shut down all of the corporate offices and outlets earlier in February.
Apple investors should brace themselves for a revenue miss in the March quarter due to the coronavirus outbreak in China hat shows no signs of slowing down.
Apple's slow process of reopening stores in China continues, as the company confirms at least one more store opening its doors soon.
As we previously reported, some Apple retail stores in Beijing, China, are open today. But Apple is still taking precautions due to coronavirus concerns.
Initially, Apple had plans to reopen most, if not all, of its retail storefronts in China on Monday, February 1o. However, due to health concerns related to the spreading coronavirus, Apple amended those plans and confirmed to staff in the region that some stores wouldn't open until, at the very earliest, later in the week.
At the beginning of this month, Apple was forced to temporarily shut down all its facilities in mainland China due to coronavirus concerns.
Apple has temporarily closed all of its physical retail stores, corporate offices and contact centers in mainland China through Sunday, February 9, due to the coronavirus outbreak.
The most reliable Apple analyst has no doubt in his mind that the coronavirus outbreak will impact iPhone sales, prompting him to cut his shipment guidance by ten percent.
This year the Chinese New Year falls on January 25 and Apple's official YouTube channel has already marked the occasion with a shot on iPhone film, titled "Daughter".
All three iPhone models that Apple is planning to release in 2020 will boast the world’s “most advanced” 5G chips available, Japanese news service Nikkei reported Wednesday.
Safari has long sent data to Google Safe Browsing to help protect against phishing scams using its Fraudulent Website Warning feature, but now the iOS edition of the browser has been found to send user data to the Chinese internet giant Tencent as well, according to Reclaim The Net.
Apple's complicated relationship with China is making headlines again with news reports revealing that the Cupertino firm has bowed to political pressure from the Chinese government by removing an App Store app that activists have relied on to report police movements.