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Super-charged 5G iPhone 12 ‘still on track for 2020 launch’ – and could be SMALLEST model in years

THE next iPhone is still on track to launch later this year despite the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, according to reports.

There are a rumoured four versions of the iPhone 12 currently in development - including Apple's smallest mobile in years.

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Concerns had been raised that the outbreak of COVID-19, which began in China as early as November 2019, may delay the handsets.

That's because scores of factories in China - where most of Apple's products are made - have been closed to help contain the spread of the disease.

However, a new report from Bloomberg suggests the iPhone 12 is still on track to launch as early as September.

Citing unnamed sourced, the publication said the mobile is “still on schedule to launch in the fall.”

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This render of the iPhone 12 based on Apple patents was put together by Dutch tech site LetsGoDigitalCredit: LetsGoDigital

While development has been underway for months, mass production isn't due to start until May, the source said.

That means factory closures and Apple office closures haven't delayed the mobile just yet.

However, that could change once May rolls around, according to the report.

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Even though the phone is on track, one insider told Bloomberg that manufacturing was struggling to hit its normal pace.

"One person who works in Apple’s supply chain said not all operations are moving at normal speed because the flow of components to assemble is still slow," Bloomberg reports.

"It will take another month or more to get parts moving steadily through the system, the person added."

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