Last week, Apple announced that it would close all its stores outside China in response to the outbreak of COVID-19. At first, Apple said that these stores should be closed until March 27, but now Apple has changed the announcement on its official website, saying "our retail stores are closed, waiting for further notice.".

Interestingly, the time displayed on the question page is still March 27. Perhaps the indefinite closure of the Apple Store does not necessarily mean the expansion of the blockade.

At present, Apple's online mall is still running and can accept orders from consumers. If you want to buy Apple devices, you can still buy them on Apple's official website. Of course, we domestic consumers should know that Apple products purchased on third-party platforms will be much cheaper than the official price.

Some analysts believe that the closure of offline Apple stores will reduce Apple's revenue by about 5% this quarter. However, some analysts say that a large part of the sales of offline Apple stores will be transferred to the Internet, so the impact of closing the stores is not "significant", about 1%, and Apple will probably lose $100 million.

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