Apple’s 10th-generation iPad is apparently in production, complete with “major” design changes. Per DigiTimes, the entry-level iPad is purported to be gaining a faster A14 Bionic chip as well as 5G support for cellular models. Other devices with the A14 chip include the fourth-generation iPad Air and all four iPhone 12 models. Apple is said […]
iPad assembly plants in China could be impacted by power outages ahead of the launch of the new models this fall. Per noted analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, Kuo tweeted on the effects of power outages in China’s southwestern Sichuan province. The outages have been caused by industrial electricity rationing amid a severe heatwave. Kuo said that […]
As many as half of Apple’s suppliers in China may be under continued COVID-19 lockdowns, thereby leading to issues in the production process that could lead to a supply chain cut-off. According to Nikkei Asia, half of Apple’s 200 top suppliers have production facilities in and around Shanghai. The COVID lockdowns have affected major production […]
The good news is that Foxconn’s Shenzhen, China manufacturing plant is resuming production following a partial lifting of the city-wide lockdown that was initiated on Monday. The Taiwanese company told Reuters it had restarted some production and operations at its Shenzhen campus after meeting government conditions for staff to live and work in bubble arrangements […]