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 […]
As COVID-19 lockdown restrictions continue over in China, Apple supplier Quanta Computer has begun exploring options as to where to relocate its MacBook Pro production facilities. The notebooks are currently being produced in Shanghai, and Quanta is apparently looking to move that process to its factory in Chongqing, China in order to increase MacBook Pro […]
This definitely isn’t what a company wants to hear about its product. Apparently a small number of Apple Watch SE devices have shipped with a defect that causes the units to malfunction and overheat. The instances initially appeared in South Korea, but the problem has begun to spread. There are currently a total of 10 […]
Apple is trying to get things up and running again in China following the coronavirus outbreak and the forced closure of iPhone assembler Foxconn’s main assembly plant. Apple, in turn, has announced that it will be “cautiously” resuming production in its main iPhone manufacturing plants. Foxconn announced that it is cautiously reopening its plants, but […]
The Chinese marketplace apparently loves the iPhone 6. Per MacRumors and Financial Times, according to analysts from financial firm UBS, China accounted for 36 percent of iPhone shipments in the most recent quarter, compared to 24 percent for the U.S. The analysts also compared the numbers to 2013, noting that a year before China accounted […]