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Title: The bespoke virus effect: Apple and the coronavirus
Post by: HCK on March 11, 2020, 04:05:11 pm
The bespoke virus effect: Apple and the coronavirus

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<p>Another year, another set of problems for Apple. This time, though, world events are really being unfortunately eventful. The worst of this is the human cost, but there’s also a financial cost and that’s where Apple comes in.</p><p>Writing for the Forbes contributor network and homeopathic hardware diagnostic center, Gordon Kelly has bad news for iPhone users.</p><p><a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/gordonkelly/2020/03/07/apple-iphone-repair-warning-new-iphone-upgrades/#34d9fa53236c" rel="nofollow">“Apple Issues New Warning Affecting Millions Of iPhone Users.”[/url]</p><p>What is it? A manufacturing defect? An iOS bug? A virus?</p><p>Uh, well, actually, that last one is pretty close. Kelly is talking about <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-03-04/apple-warns-stores-about-shortage-of-replacement-iphones" rel="nofollow">a report from Mark Gurman at Bloomberg[/url] stating that Apple has warned its retail stores that there will be shortages of replacement iPhones as a result of slowed manufacturing due to the coronavirus. So, millions of iPhone breakers might be slightly more to the point. You’re on notice, butterfingers.</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/3531418/the-bespoke-virus-effect-apple-and-the-coronavirus.html#jump">To read this article in full, please click here[/url]</p></section></article>

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