There are still a few months left before the various models of the iPhone 14 generation are introduced and launched. Basically and on the basis of historical we expect this to happen sometime in septemberWell, in recent years, we’ve only experienced delays in this regard, in 2020, when Apple had to postpone action and launch the iPhone 12 to October due to coronavirus.

And now it seems that history could at least partially repeat itself, because from what we can read in Wccftech iPhone 14 Max may not arrive in time for the September meeting. Instead, and unless stakeholders are able to reverse the current situation, everything points to a three-week delay from what Apple originally planned. And yes, because we have been ahead for some time, the cause of the delay would be the same as in 2020, coronavirus.

Although the situation of the pandemic in the West has developed very positively over the last year, da few months ago, the situation in China worsened quite a bit. Not so much because of the volume of occurrences as because of the measures taken by the public authorities of the Asian giant, which, as with the first outbreak in 2020, immediately imposes uniquely stringent conditions that were quite effective in preventing the infection. , but this in turn presupposes a very severe restriction on normal activities.

this, of course affected the production processes of the iPhone 14 in China, the country in which the vast majority of units are manufactured. From the collapse of the supply chain to the closure of factories where work should already be going well, everything seems to have come together, so at least one of the models of this future generation is not able to arrive on time. September keynote.

Nevertheless, according to some sources it would be possible to recover part of this “lost” time, even if it seems quite complicated because several factories were expanding staff for this very purpose just before new prisons arrived. Apple and its suppliers would have to step up their work these months to a point that doesn’t seem clear. And this counts on the fact that the situation will improve and no new complications will arise.

If finally yes, but only the iPhone 14 Max is affected, it seems unlikely that Apple will postpone the planned date of the keynote celebration. It would be different if other iPhone 14 models were added to the delay, which is still feasible today, even though there are no rumors or leaks in this regard at the moment.