OpenAI has partnered with China-based Apple device assembler Luxshare to develop a consumer device. The pocket-sized prototype…
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Apple preps new smart home IP camera in 2026
Apple is making its first foray into the smart home IP camera market, with mass production scheduled for 2026, targeting annual…
Apple to use metalens tech in AR smartglasses; expected launch as early as 2026 – Ming-Chi Kuo
Apple will extensively use metalens in its AR smartglasses (not AR/MR headsets) which will go to mass production in 2026 at the earliest…
Apple supplier Goertek says VP exiting just days after he sounded alarm on communist China supply chain exodus
One of Apple’s largest acoustic products suppliers, Goertek, on Wednesday said its vice-president Kazuyoshi Yoshinaga is leaving the company…
Better late than never: Apple suppliers race to exit China
Apple suppliers are likely to move capacity out of China far faster than many observers anticipate to pre-empt fallout from…
Ming-Chi Kuo: Apple rebalances AirPods Pro 2 assemblers due to production issues
Apple has instructed Chinese supplier Goertek to suspend assembly of the second-generation AirPods Pro due to production issues, moving…
Apple developing premium headphones with interchangeable parts
Apple is developing premium over-ear wireless headphones with parts that can be swapped in and out which will allow users to customize their headphones…
Apple supplier Pegatron plans production facilities in Vietnam
The latest Apple supplier to establish a presence in Vietnam is Taiwan’s Pegatron, which plans to set up production facilities in the Southeast Asian nation…
Trump admin tariff threats spur exodus of manufacturers from China
Electronics makers are shifting manufacturing from China in order to side-step Trump administration tariffs…
Apple accelerates plans to diversify production beyond China
Apple is about to start trial production of its popular AirPod wireless earphones in Vietnam as it accelerates plans to diversify beyond China…
U.S.-China trade tensions prompt Apple to consider diversifying supply chain out of China
Apple Inc. is asking suppliers to study shifting final assembly of some products out of China, people familiar with the matter said…
Apple is playing Chicken with China. Will Beijing flinch?
Apple has reportedly asked each of its largest suppliers to evaluate the costs to shift between 15% and 30% of its production out of China…
Special team within Apple investigating move of up to 30% of production out of China
A team of between 30 and 40 people at Apple is surveying the company’s major suppliers about the cost implications…
