In yet another sign that it’s moving to diversify product manufacturing beyond China, Apple’s reportedly been trialing AirPods production in Vietnam, per a communication seen by Nikkei.
The new Mac Pro won’t bear a label “Assembled in USA” because manufacturing labor costs in China, though rising, still remains much lower than in the US.
Korea’s ETNews reports that Apple is destined to order additional OLED panels for future products like “tablets and notebooks” from Samsung.
The Foxconn founder is urging the California firm to move manufacturing out of China to neighboring Taiwan.
Rosenblatt Securities analysts claim that Apple’s inventory of the latest iPhone XS and iPhone XS Max handsets has increased during the second quarter while production of unspecified older models has been cut.
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.
Primarily aimed at small, low-energy devices such as smartwatches and smartphones, micro-LED panels should enable Apple to create iPhones with better display contrast, faster response times and lower power consumption.
The videos highlight personalization options available via Spring-themed Apple Watch bands and the company’s environmental efforts when it comes to iPhone assembly.
It is now safe to assume that the A14 Bionic chip that’ll power the 2020 iPhone and iPad models will be manufactured on TSMC’s cutting-edge 5nm process technology, yielding faster performance and lower power consumption.
“Wistron will make the latest iPhone models,” proclaimed the country’s IT minister Ravi Shankar Prasad as the manufacturer invests into production capacity expansion.
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”.