Alert in Cupertino: this year's flagship devices could be delayed. This has become known through three well-established media, such as The New York Times, Bloomberg Newsweek and Business Insider. According to anonymous sources who have served these publications, in Apple offices there would be some type of incident in relation to the design of the devices, something that would be paralyzing the production of the devices.
Initially, the iPad 2 was scheduled to be presented during the recently closed first half of February, with a view to putting it on sale in April, while the iPhone 5 would have seen the light in June. However, based on this information not confirmed by official sources, the new tablet would have to wait until June for its launch, while the smartphone would not arrive until September.
What is most striking is the repercussion that another rumor had had in some media, which pointed to the possibility that the iPad 2 was already in the production chain of the Foxconn factories, in China, where the tablet of the Apple. However, according to the latest known, the iPad 2 would not exist beyond a possible prototype that for the moment has not seen the light.
Of course, it is neither the first nor the last time alarms have been raised with a rumor of this type. However, in this case they join with the withdrawal of the captain of the ship, Steve Jobs, whose health is very weakened by the pancreatic cancer that he has been suffering from for a few years and that has forced him to temporarily leave the management of Apple. Already during the first days of his absence, the share price of the company Bolsa is collapsed, and this latest news will not help the recovery of the stock of the company. Especially considering the origin of its publication.
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