Foxconn has won its first contract to produce AirPods for Apple. The Taiwanese contract manufacturer plans to build a factory in India to produce the earphones, underlining efforts by the key Apple supplier to diversify production away from China. According to the report from Reuters, Foxconn will invest more than $200 million in a new […]
Apple may be getting closer to working through its iPhone 14 Pro order backlog. Production at Foxconn’s Zhengzhou facility has reached 90 percent of its peak capacity, a level that should help Apple meet demand for the iPhone 14 Pro handset. Long delays of the iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max have long […]
According to recent rumors, Foxconn won’t be Apple’s sole assembly partner for the upcoming iPhone 15 Pro Max handset. Taiwanese research firm TrendForce has indicated that Apple has recruited Luxshare to help assemble the handset in 2023. It’s unclear what percentage of orders Luxshare will fulfill, but the move will help to reduce Apple’s risks […]
Apple is apparently accelerating its plans to migrate production outside of China. According the The Wall Street Journal, the company is looking to relocate production elsewhere, with a focus on India and Japan. It’s been reported that in recent weeks, Apple has accelerated its plans to shift some of its production outside China. The article […]
It might be harder to get the iPhone you want given the current situation in Chia. As the labor and protest scenarios continue to worsen given GOVID-19 lockdowns, civil disobedience has erupted due to people’s frustrations about the zero-COVID policy. As a result, Apple stands to lose around 6 million units of iPhone production in […]