Apple's mixed reality headset development taken over by Chinese supplier
A new report says Apple will rely upon Chinese company Luxshare, not its usual Taiwanese suppliers Foxconn or Pegatron, to develop its first mixed reality headset.
Nikkei
Wesley Hilliard
Apple orders over 20 million older iPhones to combat shortages of iPhone 12 models
As new component shortages add to previous coronavirus-related production delays for the 5G iPhone 12 range, Apple has ordered more than 20 million of the iPhone 11, iPhone SE, and iPhone XR — but not the iPhone 11 Pro or iPhone 11 Pro Max.
William Gallagher
Apple reportedly orders 2.5 million Apple Silicon MacBooks
Supply chain sources claim that Apple has ordered 2.5 million of its first Apple Silicon MacBook, or MacBook Pro models, to be produced by early 2021.
Suppliers accusing Apple of over-estimating future iPhone sales
Apple has reportedly given its supply chain production and sales estimates for the "iPhone 12" and other models produced for the fall that the companies believe are too optimistic.
Nikkei, WSJ split on their Apple horror narratives
Two major financial papers that usually blow out false news about Apple's supply chain in lockstep have suddenly diverged in their imagined tales of how the world's best capitalized and most proficient and competent tech company might be somewhat challenged by the economic disaster now killing thousands of people.
Daniel Eran Dilger
Editorial: Nikkei reported good news from iPhone channel checks, but they're still not reliable
For at least the last six years, Japanese financial newspaper Nikkei has reported unreliable stories about iPhone production orders. This month, its channel check "news" sounded positive — but that doesn't mean that bits of data shaken from some branch of the supply chain is suddenly now reliable or can be correctly interpreted by outsiders.
Huawei celebrates Nikkei iPhone Ban by posting 2019 greeting from an iPhone
Just days after Nikkei Asian Review contrived the story that 20 Chinese firms were supposedly supporting Huawei in a boycott of Apple's iPhones, Huawei itself tweeted out an official New Years' greeting— from an iPhone.
WSJ jumps on iPhone X production cut story, adds new fictions
One day after Japanese financial newspaper Nikkei issued its annual iPhone component panic story, the Wall Street Journal published its own hand-wringing coverage of the state of iPhone X, just two days before Apple is set to deliver financial results for the holiday quarter. Beyond simply floating the same rumored cuts, the new report tacks on an additional false claim that has already been publicly rebutted by Apple's executives.
Another January, another misleading iPhone supply cuts story from Nikkei
Everyone in the industry should know that "channel checks" of Apple suppliers offer largely worthless data. But every January, Japan's Nikkei newspaper unloads a report suggesting that Apple is scrambling to slash production of its newest iPhone because of disappointing sales. Every year that report has been false, and every year the tech media falls for it.
