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Apple’s Mac supply has normalized – JPMorgan
Apple’s Mac supply chain challenges due to the Chinese Communist Party’s quixotic COVID-19 lockdowns have finally normalized, according to…
Apple’s iPhone owns half of China’s high-end smartphone market
Strong sales of Apple’s iPhone 13 series propelled the company to take 46 percent of China’s market for smartphones that cost more than…
Chinese national admits to stealing Apple autonomous vehicle trade secrets
A former Apple engineer on Monday pled guilty to criminal charges that he stole the company’s proprietary intellectual property before…
Apple plans to assemble iPhone 14 in India in effort to diversify production outside China
Apple plans to begin assembling the iPhone 14 in India some two months after the product’s launch date, narrowing the gap between China…
Apple in talks to make MacBooks, Apple Watches, HomePods in Vietnam as it looks to break China dependence
Apple is reportedly in talks to produce MacBooks, Apple Watches, and HomePods and MacBooks in Vietnam. Vietnam already produces…
Apple supplier BOE impacted by CCP-mandated power rationing in China’s Sichuan province
Apple supplier BOE Technology Group says in a stock market filing on Tuesday that it will “make adjustments” at its operations in Sichuan…
Major Apple supplier TSMC is China’s trump card against U.S. and Taiwan
If strains between China and Taiwan continue to worsen, the Chinese Communist Party has a trump card: threatening to cut off the island’s…
Apple warns suppliers to follow Chinese Communist Party rules on ‘Taiwan’ labeling
Apple has asked suppliers to ensure that shipments from Taiwan to China strictly comply with Chinese customs regulations after a recent…
TSMC warns China-Taiwan war would devastate global chip supply
The head of Taiwanese tech giant TSMC warned an invasion of the island would render his factory “not operable” as tensions rise ahead…
Apple offers rare iPhone promo with 4 days of discounts in China
Apple on Monday announced a rare retail promotion in China on Monday, offering four days of discounts on its premium iPhones and related…
Has Apple finally balanced supply and demand?
Apple has faced supply chain disruptions due to the various and sundry responses – rational and irrational – to COVID-19 which hampered…
UBS: Apple’s June iPhone shipments in China up 227% year-over-year
According to UBS analysts’ estimates, Apple’s June iPhone shipments in China are up a whopping 227% year-over-year…
Apple’s iPhone sales in China surged in June
Apple’s iPhone sales surged in June in China, leading a rebound in the smartphone market after the Chinese Communist Party’s quixotic…
Taiwan accuses Chinese Apple supplier of stealing trade secrets, charges 14 people
Prosecutors in Taiwan on Friday accused a Chinese Apple supplier of stealing commercial secrets from a Taiwanese supplier and…
Apple supplier Foxconn backs top China chipmaker after $9 billion rescue
A Shanghai-listed arm of Apple supplier Foxconn Technology Group acquired a stake in China’s top chipmaker during its $9 billion bailout…
As Mac sales increase in China, Chinese Communist Party pushes homegrown ‘openKylin’ OS
As Apple Macs become more widely used in China, with market share currently around 15 percent, the Chinese Communist Party is pushing…
Ming-Chi Kuo: iPhone 14 demand in China may be stronger than even for popular iPhone 13
The demand for Apple’s upcoming iPhone 14 family may be even stronger than it is for the very popular iPhone 13 lineup, according to analyst…
UBS: Apple’s iPhone shipments out of China have soared
Apple increased iPhone shipments out of China last month at a considerably faster pace than overall smartphones, a UBS analyst…
China’s BOE resumes supplying iPhone 13 OLED panels prior to iPhone 14
After being caught – and suspended – by Apple for the unauthorized changing of thin film transistor specs on iPhone 13 OLEDs, China’s BOE …
Apple’s iPhone supply chain has a brighter outlook than Android’s – analysts
Production of hardware could gradually resume to normal levels in June/July, with a brighter outlook for Apple’s supply chain than Android …
Apple assembler BYD to start iPad production in Vietnam this month
Apple assembler BYD plans to begin commercial production of iPads this month in Vietnam after a trial run started in May, a provincial…
Apple to move some iPad production out of China for first time due to CCP’s quixotic ‘zero-COVID’ crusade
Apple is moving iPad production out of China for the first time in history and the Chinese Communist Party’s quixotic “zero-COVID” crusade…
Apple assembler Foxconn predicts more stable supply chain for second half of 2022
Taiwan’s Foxconn, a major Apple assembler and the world’s largest contract electronics maker, said on Tuesday that the second half…
Apple assembler Quanta faces worker revolt in locked down Shanghai factory
Apple assembler Quanta faces a revolt by workers stuck inside a Shanghai factory locked down due the CCP’s quixotic “xero-COVID” crusade…
Apple’s iPhone 14 Max faces three week delay due to China’s ‘zero-COVID’ lockdowns
Haitong International Securities analyst Jeff Pu says that production of the upcoming 6.7-inch iPhone 14 Max is delayed by three weeks…
UBS: Apple is seeing strong iPhone demand in China
Apple is continuing to see strong iPhone demand in China, a new analyst survey finds in news that bodes well for current quarter earnings…
Development of ‘at least one’ iPhone 14 model hit by China COVID lockdowns – Nikkei
Development of “at least one of Apple’s new flagship iPhones for this year” has fallen behind schedule due to disruptions from the monthlong…
Bank of America: Apple seeing ‘modest’ re-acceleration in App Store, China
Apple’s stock price fell early in Tuesday trading as Bank of Americas’ investment arm said that Apple is seeing a “modest” re-acceleration…
Apple looks to diversify manufacturing outside of China due to draconian COVID-19 restrictions
Apple has told some of its contract manufacturers that it wants to boost production outside China, citing the Chinese Communist Party’s…
Why Apple may not approve China’s BOE to manufacture iPhone 14 OLED panels
BOE, caught changing production specs without Apple’s approval, is yet to receive approval from Apple to manufacture OLED panels…
Apple to open new retail store in Wuhan, China on Saturday
Last year, Apple began construction for a new store in Wuhan, China, that was originally scheduled to open in September 2022, but…
Apple assembler Foxconn faces logistics disarray from China’s quixotic ‘zero-COVID’ lockdowns
Apple assembler Foxconn said it faces logistics disruptions and other challenges in China stemming from the CCP’s stringent COVID-19 …
Apple’s China engineers keep products flowing amid CCP’s draconian COVID lockdowns
Prior to the CCP’s various responses to COVID, Apple sent hundreds of U.S. engineers each month to China to oversee the contract…
Apple assembler Foxconn says no change to production as China ratchets up quixotic ‘zero-COVID’ quest
The CCP has shut down dozens of metro stations and bus routes in Bejing as it ratchets up its quixotic quest to achieve zero-COVID …
Chinese Apple suppliers given priority for factory restarts in Shanghai
As economic pains from the COVID policies grew, China has been pushing to resume factory operations, with Apple suppliers given priority for…
This time, cyclicality works in Apple’s favor
Apple’s third fiscal quarter ending in June is typically the company’s slowest, thanks mostly to its pattern of launching new iPhones and…
Apple’s supply chain issues might not be that bad, Wall Street says
Analysts say Apple’s supply crunch looks to be only temporary, occurring during Apple’s slower time of the year, and the company’s…
Apple’s headwinds are ‘transitory,’ analysts say
Following Apple’s record second quarter earnings report on Thursday, analyst Harsh Kumar said the issues with Apple are “transitory” and its…
China’s quixotic ‘zero-COVID’ quest pushes February MacBook Pro orders into June
Customers who ordered a MacBook Pro with an M1 Max chip in February are being notified that their new Macs aren’t coming until June…
Apple supplier Unimicron says operations have partially resumed in Kunshan, China
Taiwan’s Unimicron Technology Corp. said on Thursday that, of its two plants in eastern China’s Kunshan, one would remain closed…
Half of Apple’s suppliers at risk in China due to quixotic ‘zero-COVID’ lockdown quest
Half of Apple’s 200 top suppliers have facilities in and around Shanghai, China where the CCP’s quixotic quest for “zero-COVID” has caused…
