Reuters reveals how coronavirus is clouding Apple’s timeline for new iPhones

Reuters took readers on a deep dive into how travel restrictions to China due to the coronavirus have come just as Apple Inc’s engineers usually fly to Asia to perfect the production of fall’s new iPhones. High-volume manufacturing is not scheduled until summer, but former Apple employees say the first months of the year are when Apple irons out assembly processes with partners such as Hon Hai Precision Industry Co’s Foxconn, the world’s largest contract electronics maker.