The flagship 12.9-inch iPad Pro model outfitted with Apple's new display backlighting technology, dubbed mini-LED, is apparently coming early next year rather than in the fourth quarter of 2020, as analyst Ming-Chi Kuo claimed recently.
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Apple suppliers are ramping up production of redesigned scissor-switch Magic Keyboards
According to a new supply-chain report from Taiwan, Apple's redesigned Magic Keyboard that swaps the company's problematic butterfly mechanism for reliable scissor switches could be expanding next to its 13-inch MacBook Pro model.
Apple manufactures planning for production levels to return to normal by the end of March
The unprecedented measures carried out by the Chinese government have contained the spread of the novel COVID-19 coronavirus, promoting Apple's contract manufacturers to start planning for their production levels to return to normal by the end of this month.
iPhone processor supplier TSMC is reportedly readying volume production of 5nm chips
Semiconductor foundry Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) is readying mass production of chips built on its five-nanometer process technology.
Apple reportedly delays iPhone SE 2 launch over the coronavirus outbreak
The coronavirus has impacted Apple's supply chain in ways more than one, the latest example being the company's oft-rumored iPhone SE successor that, instead of arriving this spring, now apparently faces a delayed launch, a new supply chain report claimed Thursday.
China’s top display manufacturer invests in ten Apple-only iPhone OLED module lines
China's BOE has been working for some time now to become the third supplier of OLED panels to apple, with a new report alleging that the company has been investing heavily in iPhone-only lines in anticipation of Apple orders.
Apple suppliers reportedly gearing up to build mini-LEDs for 2020 iPad Pro
Piggy-backing on a recent analyst report by Ming-Chi Kuo which indicated that the iPad Pro and MacBook Pro might adopt promising mini-LED display technology in 2020, a trade publication this morning has provided additional details suggesting that a bunch of Taiwanese suppliers are now poised to received orders for mini-LEDs from Apple.
Apple has reportedly been trialing AirPods production in Vietnam
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.
Apple could buy Samsung-made OLEDs for future iPads and Mac notebooks
Korea's ETNews reports that Apple is destined to order additional OLED panels for future products like "tablets and notebooks" from Samsung.
Chipmaker Broadcom extends its supply deal with Apple for another two years
Broadcom today announced a renewal of its supply deal with Apple for another two years.
Foxconn boosting investment in micro-LED display tech in a bid to win future iPhone orders
According to a supply chain report published Tuesday in the Chinese-language Economic Daily News, relayed by DigiTimes, contract manufacturer Foxconn has continued to deepen its deployments in micro-LED technology "through a multi-pronged approach in order to win display orders from Apple for its next-generation iPhone devices."
44 Apple suppliers pledge to use clean energy
Apple today announced 44 of its suppliers have committed to using 100 percent renewable energy in their production of its gadgets as the Cupertino giant spent $2.5 billion in green bonds on environmental initiatives, the largest amount of any US corporation.