Apple’s 10th-generation iPad is apparently in production, complete with “major” design changes. Per DigiTimes, the entry-level iPad is purported to be gaining a faster A14 Bionic chip as well as 5G support for cellular models. Other devices with the A14 chip include the fourth-generation iPad Air and all four iPhone 12 models. Apple is said […]
iPad assembly plants in China could be impacted by power outages ahead of the launch of the new models this fall. Per noted analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, Kuo tweeted on the effects of power outages in China’s southwestern Sichuan province. The outages have been caused by industrial electricity rationing amid a severe heatwave. Kuo said that […]
Per the Economic Times, Apple supplier Foxconn may be looking to expand in India through the opening of a new production facility based within an already-existing factory near Chennai, India. The expansion would allow Foxconn to increase production of the iPhone. Given that Foxconn is involved in both the production of the current iPhone 13 […]
It’s two steps forward and one step back with manufacturing, production, and the COVID-19 pandemic. Full-on COVID-19 precautions have been reinstated back at Apple supplier Foxconn, at the request of the city government in Shenzhen, China. The company has been asked to return to closed-loop production, wherein workers live in dormitory accommodation on the campus, […]
Even with supply chain issues still popping up, Apple’s suppliers have begun shipping components for iPhone 14 models, the new handheld being expected to launch in September as usual. Per DigiTimes, it’s thought that components are being shipped to manufacturers like Foxconn for final assembly of iPhone 14 models over the next few months. “Component […]