Apple may be forced to postpone the supply of new iPhone because of problems that arose during the manufacture of the fingerprint sensor, which the company was trying to improve, writes MarketWatch with reference to informed sources.

Analysts expect that Apple will either postpone the date of the beginning of deliveries, which will negatively affect the results in the IV quarter, or bring the phones to the market without scanning fingerprints, which can lead to a drop in sales and loss of reputation.

It was assumed that Apple will launch a new "super cycle" in September, introducing three versions of smartphones, one of them - in the superpremium segment with a price of at least $ 1000. Due to these expectations, analysts raised the company's stock ratings and valuation of their value.