The A12 Bionic is the world’s first seven-nanometer mobile processor but 2020 iPhones will run a new chip built on TSMC’s cutting-edge five-nanometer technology.
Taiwanese contract manufacturer Compal Electronics is expected to build Apple’s fifth-generation iPad mini tablet that should arrive “later in 2019”.
Apple is reportedly set to release AirPods 2 sometime in the first half of 2019, and they’re rumored to support health-monitoring functions.
Apple could launch the next iPad mini alongside an updated entry-level 9.7-inch iPad in the first half of 2019, according to a new supply chain report released Thursday.
Apple’s favorite manufacturer Foxconn has begun offering staff retention bonuses as it ramps up seasonal hiring for mass-production of a second-generation iPhone X, iPhone X Plus and a new 6.1-inch LCD model.
According to supply chain sources, 2019 iPhones will finally make a jump from Apple’s proprietary Lightning connector to the latest industry standard in I/O connectivity: USB-C.
According to industry sources, contract manufacturer Pegatron is likely to land orders from Apple to produce a hybrid MacBook notebook model, codenamed “Star.”
Apple will reportedly kick off volume production of its new budget-type MacBook model in the second half of 2018 before starting to deliver shipments in the third quarter, sources said.
All three iPhone models for 2018 will reportedly include 3D sensing for augmented reality and Face ID facial recognition. In order to avoid a repeat of last year’s mishap caused by the initial low yield rates on 3D sensor modules for iPhone X, Apple is said to be getting started on manufacturing earlier this year.
The wait for AirPower will soon be over if a new report attributed to unnamed Taiwanese industry sources is anything to go by. According to the story, Apple’s upcoming multi-device Qi wireless charger will launch before the end of March.
iPhone SE successor may enter volume production in the second quarter of this year, with the official launch apparently happening in May or June, according to a DigiTimes Research analyst.
Even though Apple is thought to have been developing four next-generation iPhone projects, one analyst believes that one of the planned OLED models has been abandoned.