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  • Foxconn wins first AirPods contract, will produce units from factory in India

    Foxconn wins first AirPods contract, will produce units from factory in India

    Foxconn has won its first contract to produce AirPods for Apple.

    The Taiwanese contract manufacturer plans to build a factory in India to produce the earphones, underlining efforts by the key Apple supplier to diversify production away from China.

    According to the report from Reuters, Foxconn will invest more than $200 million in a new AirPods assembly plant in the southern Indian state of Telangana.

    Construction of the facility is expected to start in the second half of this year and begin production by the end of 2024 at the earliest.

    Foxconn officials are rumored to have debated internally for months as to whether or not to assemble AirPods given the relatively low profit margins. The company is said to have decided to go ahead with the deal to “reinforce engagement” with Apple.

    It’s unknown as to which models of AirPods are included in Foxconn’s order, although there’s a high chance they will include a USB-C connector instead of a Lightning connector, as Apple is rumored to be planning to introduce iPhone 15 models with a USB-C port instead of a Lightning port in 2023.

    Stay tuned for additional details as they become available.

    Via MacRumors and Reuters

  • Apple Maps Look Around vehicles spotted capturing data in Israel, New Zealand, and Singapore

    Apple’s spiffy Look Around feature may be about to work with additional countries in the future, as the company’s imaging vehicles have been spotted in driving around Israel, New Zealand, and Singapore to collect images used to generate the street-level views.

    Look Around, which was introduced in iOS 13 and later macOS Big Sur, is Apple Maps’ answer to Google Maps’ Streetview feature. Using images captures by Apple Maps vehicles, Apple is provided data with which to create scrollable street level views of given locations.

    The Apple Maps Image Collection page, which lists countries and regions, the type of image collection mechanism being used, and when the capturing is taking place, has been updated with details relating to three countries. Current listings now include Israel, Singapore, and New Zealand, where vehicles have been active in various parts of each territory.

    Per Israel, vehicles are passing through the Central, Haifa, Jerusalem, Northern, Southern, and Tel Aviv districts from October until March. The same was used for the Auckland, Christchurch, and Wellington regions of New Zealand. For Singapore, the capture period is briefer, running from November until January, with five regions being covered: Central, North East, North West, South East, and South West.

    It’s unknown as to when Apple will use the collected images, or whether Look Around could be expanded within these areas sometime in the future.

    In December, Apple rolled out Look Around in Canada, offering the ability to view select parts of cities including Calgary, Montreal, and Toronto. Other recent expansions include four cities in the United States, and London, Edinburgh, and Dublin in the U.K.

    Stay tuned for additional details as they become available.

    Via AppleInsider and MacRumors