Natural disasters are never good for the global supply chain. Over in Japan, a 7.4 magnitude tremor shut down a good portion of the nation’s manufacturing on Thursday. Included in these closures is Murata, which produces ceramic capacitors for Apple. The earthquake claimed four lives and caused 97 injuries. Company Murata, which is located in […]
Even Apple might not be able to avoid supply chain issues. The company may be facing issues with its multilayer ceramic capacitor suppliers, wherein the COVID-19 pandemic has caused there to be a constricted supply of the important component used throughout the electronics industry. Murata Manufacturing, the world’s biggest producer of MLCCs, closed a factory […]
The next-gen iPhone could see an even faster LTE function. Per a recently published note released by Apple analyst and guru Ming-Chi Kuo of KGI Securities, the 2018 iPhone will build on LTE antenna technology introduced with iPhone X to support ultra-fast transmissions speeds designated by 4×4 MIMO (multiple input, multiple output) standards. Kuo stated […]
The 16GB 2014 iPod touch is out, it’s gotten some favorable feedback, is available for US$199 and apparently includes the same internal design and an identical rear facing iSight camera, a teardown of the device has revealed. Upon getting their mitts on the new iPod touch, the cool cats at iFixit performed a full teardown […]
There’s some cool stuff inside the iPad mini and the coolest-of-cats over at iFixit performed their usual teardown magic to find what said cool stuff was. Per the teardown, iFixit found the device has a large metal plate behind its screen held in place by 16 screws. Similar plates were found in the iPhone 5, […]