Apple reportedly delays iPhone SE 2 launch over the coronavirus outbreak
The accumulated effects of the coronavirus COVID-19 reportedly make keeping to Apple’s production schedule for the next iPhone SE difficult.
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Coronavirus outbreak compels iPhone camera supplier LG Innotek to shut down factory
The plant that supplies iPhone camera modules is closed today for disinfection. It may re-open tomorrow, but it’s unclear if it will be able to function at full capacity.
Foxconn boosting investment in micro-LED display tech in a bid to win future iPhone orders
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.
44 Apple suppliers pledge to use clean energy
Company funded 28 environmental projects with the now-completed $2.5 billion green bond allocations. 66 percent of the renewable energy it uses comes from these projects.
Apple in 2018 spent $60 billion with American component suppliers
In 2018 alone, Apple spent $90 billion with its American component suppliers and companies such as Finisar, Corning and Broadcom.
Apple cutting iPhone production by 10% this quarter, report claims
For the second time in two months, Apple is cutting iPhone production, according to a new report from Nikkei. Citing sources with knowledge of the request, the outlet says Apple has asked its suppliers to produce 10% fewer handsets than originally planned for the January-March quarter.
Key Apple suppliers TSMC and Foxconn post strong November revenue, Bloomberg unfazed
Strong results didn’t stop Bloomberg from doubling down on its media narrative that the latest lineup is “falling flat with global consumers” as “iPhone concerns persist”.
LG Display will soon join Samsung as an Apple OLED supplier for iPhone
Samsung’s OLED dominance for iPhones could end later this year when LG Display gets a crack at some of Apple’s business. The move is an important one.
Production begins on A12 chip for all three 2018 iPhones
Commercial production has begun on TSMC’s 7nm chip. This is the same chip likely to be found in Apple’s upcoming A12 processor for the 2018 iPhone models.
Apple met with suppliers at CES that make parts for augmented reality glasses
Another indication that Apple may be building an augmented reality headset.
Apple’s “headset-like” AR device apparently coming no later than 2019
“A significant AR device” will have a fully transparent lens to let users see through and interact with the environment.
TSMC starts development of A12 chips for 2018 iPhones
And this just in: TSMC announced an expensive new $15.7 billion factory that will start churning out cutting-edge three-nanometer chips by 2020.
