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Rumor: Supply chain getting ready to ship M2-based MacBook Pro notebooks, shipment times for current models have begun to slip

If you’re hankering to receive the M2-based MacBook Pro you ordered, it appears that the supply chain is ramping up to get it out the door. Per DigiTime, the Apple supply chain is now preparing to get the new notebooks out the door, at the same time that shipments of current models are starting to […]

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Rumor: MacBook Pro supplier Quanta considering relocating production to help shorten delivery times

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 […]

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Rumor: Apple looking to introduce Mini-LED iPad Pro, MacBook Pro units in first half of 2021

Apple is rumored to be looking into creating its first mini-LED iPad Pro in the first quarter of 2021 as well as mass produce mini-LED MacBook Pro notebook sin the second quarter. Per the report: Apple’s suppliers in Taiwan, including LED chip vendor Epistar, testing and sorting specialist FitTech, SMT service provider Taiwan Surface Mounting […]

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Rumor: Apple Watch rollout slowed by faulty Taptic Engine component

This may be part of the reason for the delay/long shipping time for your Apple Watch. A report on Wednesday claims Apple discovered a serious flaw in certain vibrator mechanisms that power Apple Watch’s Taptic Engine, prompting completed units to be scrapped just prior to launch. Citing sources close to the story, a Wall Street […]

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Rumor: Chipmakers gearing up production of Apple Watch components for possible early 2015 launch

Apple may have begun ramping up production of the Apple Watch for release in the relatively near future. Per 9to5Mac and DigiTimes, while Apple has yet to provide a specific launch date for the Apple Watch, leaving its early 2015 timeframe and internal memo revealing a spring launch after Chinese New Year as the only […]