In a major production shift out of China as part of global business’ efforts to diversify supply chains following the COVID-19 debacle, a contract…
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Chinese Apple-assembler Luxshare soars on iPhone assembly deal
As U.S.-China tensions continue to escalate, Apple is set to invite mainland Chinese company Luxshare into the exclusive iPhone assembly club…
Coronavirus speeds Apple assemblers’ plans to move beyond China
COVID-19 is expediting Apple assemblers’ move out of China that has been underway since the President Trump began deploying U.S. import tariffs on China…
iPhone assembler Wistron looks to move 50% of production outside China by 2021
According to Apple iPhone-assembler Wistron chairman Simon Lin, the company is looking to move 50% of production outside China and to significantly grow…
iPhone assembly stops in India as country goes into 21-day lockdown
iPhone assembly has stopped in India due to an order to comply with a 21-day countrywide COVID-19 lockdown ordered by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi…
India plans to airlift components from China to help local tech industry
India is planning to bolster its growing electronics sector by arranging to airlift components from China, according to government officials…
Apple supplier Wistron to make PCBs for iPhone in new plant in India
Highlighting Apple’s expansion of manufacturing in India, Taiwan’s Wistron Corp plans to assemble printed circuit boards (PCBs) for iPhones in India …
Apple’s new low-cost iPhone starts mass production next month
As Apple looks to address a wider section of the global smartphone market, suppliers are slated to begin assembly of an all-new low-cost iPhone next month…
Apple supplier Foxconn begins iPhone XR assembly in India, iPhone 11 models next to be ‘Made in India’
Apple has begun commercial production of the iPhone XR locally at the Foxconn facility near Chennai, India, the capital of the state of Tamil Nadu…
Apple’s data shows a deepening dependence on China as Trump administration’s tariffs loom
Apple Inc’s dependence on China has not lessened by tapping factories in Brazil and India, the company’s supply chain data shows, raising the stakes as U.S. President Trump promises more tariffs…
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…
The global system of trade is being realigned; how investors should navigate globalization’s decline
Investors have been on edge as the world’s two largest economies…
Apple supplier Foxconn to begin iPhone X assembly in India; XS and XS Max also planned
Taiwanese contract manufacturer Foxconn will begin from July the commercial production…
Apple launches $300 million China Clean Energy Fund
Apple today announced a new first-of-its-kind investment fund in China to connect suppliers…
Report claims Apple’s ‘iPhone SE 2’ built solely in India, launch held up by government
A new report claims that the ‘iPhone SE 2’ is coming at some point after the ‘Field Trip’ event…
Apple shares dip amid report of iPhone production delay
The report comes after several Wall Street analysts have predicted delays for the iPhones…
Apple’s OLED iPhone launch is likely delayed to November, supplier says
Still undecided on the detailed specifications of some hardware and design features…
Apple’s next-gen iPhone to intelligently silence audio notifications
The rumored face-detecting 3D sensor in the iPhone 8 will intelligently silence…
All three of Apple’s new iPhone models – two TFT LCD and one OLED model – have entered volume production
Most component and service suppliers in the iPhone supply chain have reported strong sales for July…
EDN: Production of Apple’s flagship OLED ‘iPhone 8’ delayed to November-December
Yield rates at the two main ODMs, Foxconn Electronics and Pegatron, have not yet reached levels…
Apple supplier confirms new iPhone models will be ‘waterproof’ with wireless charging
iPhone assembler Wistron on Wednesday confirmed that waterproof and wireless charging will be incorporated into the new 5.5-inch iPhones…
India offers tax concessions to Apple to expand production
The tax concessions will be subject to the condition of increasing local value addition over a period of time…
Apple begins manufacturing iPhone SE in India
Apple began manufacturing a small batch of iPhones in India on for the first time on Wednesday…
Latest Kantar data shows why India is so important to Apple
India may be a small market for Apple right now, but the latest Kantar data shows…
Apple’s iPhone 5s is the top premium smartphone in India
Apple iPhone 5s is the top premium smartphone in India across all the states…
Apple India set to make its online store debut this year
“Apple’s iconic offline stores in India is still far away, but…
Indian government working on Apple’s demand for tax and duty concessions
The government is working on certain options to accommodate demands related to tax and duty concessions…
Apple to start making iPhones in India within 4-6 weeks
Apple Inc. will soon start assembling iPhones in India for the first time…
Apple supply chain to start shipping next-gen iPhones at the end of Q3
The upstream supply chain is expected to begin shipping Apple’s upcoming next-generation iPhone products…
Apple Watch 2 rumored to go into trial production this month
For the past few months, more and more clues hinting at the Watch 2 emerged…
Apple orders whopping 50 million iPhone 6 units alone – not including iPhone 6 Plus – by year end
Strong demand for Apple’s iPhone 6 has boosted Pegatron Technology’s orders…
Foxconn Electronics lands 5.5-inch Apple iPhone orders, sources say
Apple is rumored to release a 5.5-inch and a 4.7-inch iPhone in 2014…
Quanta to assemble Apple’s 12.9-inch iPad and iWatch, sources say
Quanta Computer has reportedly landed orders for Apple’s 12.9-inch iPad…
Apple adds new assemblers to ramp up iPhone, iPad production
Apple Inc. is adding new contract manufacturing partners in Asia…
JPMorgan: Apple looks to further diversify supply chain, shifting to transaction model for assembly
There have been signs that Apple Inc. is looking to further diversify…
PC assemblers hope (pray) that Apple’s iPad is delaying, not replacing notebook purchases
Notebook manufacturers are hopeful that the recent debut of Intel’s Ivy Bridge processors…
