Impact of the postponement, Apple’s iPhone 12/Pro to ship less than the iPhone 11/Pro this year

According to foreign media reports, Apple has confirmed that the iPhone 12 series supporting 5G network will be launched a few weeks later than previous iPhones. This will inevitably have an impact on shipments. Foreign media have predicted This year’s shipments will not be as good as the iPhone 11’s same period.

Foreign media predict that the iPhone 12 series will ship between 63 million and 68 million units this year, which will drop by more than 5 million units compared to the iPhone 11 shipments during the same period last year.

It is expected that the shipment of the iPhone 12 series this year will be less than that of the iPhone 11 in the same period last year. Foreign media have given many reasons, the main reason being delayed mass production and delayed launch.

Foreign media pointed out in the report that affected by the epidemic, the mass production time and official launch time of the iPhone 12 series may be delayed by 4 to 6 weeks compared with previous years. After the delay in mass production and launch time, iPhone 12’s sales time this year will also be shortened, which will affect this year’s shipments.

The iPhone 12 series is Apple’s first iPhone that supports 5G networks. Analysts and research institutions generally predict that there will be 4 models, with a starting price of US$649 and a top version of US$1399.

Although foreign media predict that iPhone 12 shipments this year will be lower than that of iPhone 11 in the same period, but overall, iPhone 12 will have very considerable shipments. Some analysts predict that the 5G-enabled iPhone 12 will bring a super update cycle. Among the current nearly 1 billion iPhone users in the world, about 350 million are expected to upgrade their iPhones during this super update cycle.