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Foxconn Revenues Drop on China Challenges

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Foxconn saw its revenues down 11% in November following the problems at its factory in Zhengzhou, China. The firm was down 29% on October although for the year, it remains up …

Tags:Apple| China| Covid-19| Foxconn (Honhai)| iPhone

Foxconn Chinese iPhone Plant in Unrest Breakout

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Reuters reports that ‘hundreds of workers; have have joined in with unrest at the Foxconn Zhengzhou factory, breaking surveillance cameras and smashing windows. The outbreak is said to have been triggered …

Tags:Apple| China| Foxconn (Honhai)| iPhone

Too Late for Christmas iPhone 14 Pro and Pro Max

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Hat-tip to Macworld for pointing out that the iPhone 14 Pro and Pro Max supply issues mean that it’s now too late to get one of those models in time for …

Tags:Apple| iPhone| Smartphones| Supply Chain

Fans Make a Folding iPhone

by Bob Raikes

What They Say A group of engineers in China has disassembled an iPhone X and re-assembled it using a Motorola Razr folding mechanism to create a kind of ‘foldable iPhone’. There’s a 17 minute …

Tags:Apple| Flexible Displays| Foldable Devices| iPhone

Links Week Ending 18th November 2022

by Bob Raikes

Every week we see some articles that don’t really need comment or are just plain interesting. Here are a few from the end of this week.  Rishi Sunak mansion projection mapped by Greenpeace  Samsung …

Tags:Apple| China| Desktop Monitors| iPhone| Market Data| Mergers & Acquisitions| Projection Mapping| Samsung| Semiconductors| Smart TV| Smartphones| STBs| tablets| Touch

Apple Pushes Pegatron to India for iPhone Assembly

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Bloomberg has reported that Apple is pushing Pegatron to assemble iPhone 14 models in India as it seeks to diversify away from production in China. Foxconn already assembles some units of the …

Tags:Apple| India| iPhone| Smartphone Market| Supply Chain

DXO Looks at the iPhone 14 Pro Max and Huawei Mate 50 Pro

by Bob Raikes

What They Say DZOMark looked at the iPhone 14 Pro Max and Huawei Mate 50 Pro, covering displays, cameras, audio and batteries on the Apple device. It said that the iPhone Has the overall top …

Tags:Apple| iPhone| Smartphones| Testing

No more from Apple in 2022 – Gurman

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Bloomberg’s Apple-watcher, Mark Gurman has said that there will be no further new Apple products this year, despite previous rumours. He expects M2-based MacBook Pro models with 14″ and 16″ displays …

Tags:Apple| iPhone| Notebooks

iPhone Assembly Hit by Covid Lockdown

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The Economist said that videos have been made of workers fleeing a huge iPhone-assembly plant in Zhengzhou, in central China, after the facility was locked down to contain a covid-19 outbreak. Reuters …

Tags:China| Covid-19| Foxconn (Honhai)| iPhone| Supply Chain

Apple Cuts Production of iPhone 14 Plus

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Apple is reported to have asked its suppliers to dramatically reduce the production of some models of the iPhone 14. The iPhone 14 Plus seems to be the most affected with …

Tags:Apple| iPhone| Smartphones| Supply Chain