Pegatron is allegedly set to start assembling MacBooks and iPads in Indonesia next month
Contract manufacturer Pegatron is allegedly set to soon move iPad and MacBook manufacturing out of China amid an escalating trade war between the US and China.
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Apple teams up with China’s Alipay on interest-free financing for new iPhone purchases
The deals let cash-strapped Chinese shoppers borrow money at no cost to buy Apple products online and pay for their devices in monthly installments over 3, 6, 12 or 24 months.
A tiny custom screw: the issues Apple will face if it moves iPhone assembly back to America
“Made in USA” iPhones? Not so fast. A tale of a tiny custom screw illustrates how Apple found that no country can match China’s combination of scale, skills, infrastructure and cost.
Watch Apple’s short film celebrating the upcoming Chinese New Year
The new shot-on-iPhone video was released to celebrate Chinese New Year, which falls on February 5.
In China, you can ask HomePod to tell you a story
HomePod in China includes storytelling features for children that permit kids to ask the Siri assistant to tell them a story.
HomePod will be available in mainland China and Hong Kong starting Friday
Availability of Apple’s Siri-powered wireless speaker is scheduled to expand to mainland China and Hong Kong starting this coming Friday, January 18
Apple slashes iPhone XR prices for resellers in China by about $100
Conveniently ahead of Chinese New Year in February, Apple has now cut iPhone XR prices for local resellers following what has been described as a tumultuous few months.
It’s not just Apple: Samsung too could blame China for its first operating profit drop in 2 years
As slowing economic growth in China erodes demand for its products, Samsung is expected to announce its first drop in quarterly operating profit in two years.
Is China stealing Apple’s technology secrets?
Larry Kudlow, the director of the White House’s National Economic Council, seems to think so because China, in his own words, is becoming “very competitive” with Apple.
Chinese businesses urging employees to boycott Apple after Huawei CFO arrest
Chinese companies are reportedly urging employees to boycott Apple, even paying them to buy Huawei devices after their heir apparent was arrested in Canada.
Apple confirms iOS 12.1.2 circumvents Qualcomm patents in China
Apple’s acknowledged that the iPhone-exclusive iOS 12.1.2 software update has indeed circumvented a pair of Qualcomm patents, despite Qualcomm’s claims to the contrary.
Qualcomm claims Apple’s most recent iOS 12.1.2 update hasn’t circumvented its patents
Qualcomm claims that the Cupertino tech giant “continues to flout the legal” by remaining in violation of a Chinese court’s orders to stop selling iPhones 6s through iPhone X.
