According to UBS analysts’ estimates, Apple’s June iPhone shipments in China are up a whopping 227% year-over-year…
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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…
‘iPhone City’ in China is operating normally despite quixotic COVID lockdowns
The world’s biggest iPhone assembly campus, know colloquially as “iPhone City,” on the outskirts of Zhengzhou in central China…
Apple MacBook assembler joins 30+ plant closures due to China’s draconian COVID restrictions
More than 30 Taiwanese companies have now halted production in the electronics hubs of eastern China to comply with CCP COVID restrictions…
Apple starts manufacturing iPhone 13 in India
Apple has begun manufacturing iPhone 13 in India, the company said on Monday, as it works to reduce reliance on China…
China’s quixotic quest for ‘Zero-COVID’ is a concern for Apple
Apple’s bet on China looks increasingly risky, especially amid the country’s lockdowns in a quixotic quest for “Zero-COVID.”
China smartphone market could plummet 20% due to COVID lockdowns, but Apple may see growth
China’s response to an increase in COVID cases threatens to depress sales in the world’s largest smartphone market, but Apple could…
Apple to invest aggressively in America to diversify production amid globalization’s end – analyst
Shifting away from a focus in China, the global supply chain will likely change rapidly over the next decade. Apple saw it coming in 2018…
Apple assembler Foxconn resumes normal operations in Shenzhen after China lockdowns
Major Apple assembler Foxconn has resumed normal operations at its most important campuses in in Shenzhen, China after…
Apple assembler Foxconn partially resumes production in Shenzhen after COVID disruption
Taiwan-headquartered Apple assembler Foxconn has partially resumed production on campuses that include both employee housing and…
Apple has ‘manageable but significant’ exposure to latest China COVID lockdowns – analyst
Apple investors have a new concern: lockdowns in response to rising COVID-19 cases in key manufacturing areas in China could impact…
Apple supplier Foxconn in talks to build $9 billion factory in Saudi Arabia
Foxconn, the biggest assembler of Apple iPhones, is in talks with Saudi Arabia about jointly building a $9 billion multipurpose facility…
Apple stock falls below key level after China shuts Foxconn plant over COVID spike
Apple shares fell on Monday, dropping below their 200-day moving average, after Foxconn halted operations following China’s COVID …
Apple supplier Foxconn halts production in Shenzhen amid China’s COVID spike
Foxconn, a supplier to Apple, has halted production in Shenzhen, China, after government officials put the city under COVID lockdown…
