Even Foxconn says it's looking to move away from China
Apple supplier Foxconn reports that it is working to reduce its reliance on its parent firm's home country of China, and will diversify future production.
Apple supplier Foxconn reports that it is working to reduce its reliance on its parent firm's home country of China, and will diversify future production.
New research says that overall desktop, laptop, and tablet sales have declined in China, but Apple saw growth — and will be the main beneficiary of an expected recovery.
The vice president of Chinese firm and Apple supplier Goertek has unexpectedly quit for "personal reasons," just days after saying clients were pressing all suppliers to build factories outside the country.
The head of India at Apple is being promoted, making the country its own sales region, but it won't affect how Apple reports global earnings.
US Senators hope to provide the Commerce Department the ability to ban TikTok with a carefully worded bill that avoids targeting TikTok directly.
Ten months after Arm filed to transfer ownership of its Arm China subsidiary to Softbank so it could pull out of the country, Chinese regulators are reportedly delaying the paperwork in order to keep the country's connection to the chip design firm.
GoerTek says that it is investing $280 million in a new plant in Vietnam, as US buyers are pressing it — and all suppliers — to leave China.
Analysts at UBS report that Apple "materially recovered" in China in December 2022, with iPhone shipments surging 88% since the preceding month.
Market research suggests that China's smartphone market recovery began in January 2023, with iPhone sales up 6% year-over-year — although other sources are less confident.
Apple's push to shift production away from China and into India is a tougher challenge than first thought, with yield issues and a lower sense of urgency reportedly holding back the project.
Apple's iPhone 14 lineup has recently started selling at discounts of over $100 in China, and while some are taking it as a sign of flagging demand, that doesn't seem likely.
Apple initially saw its stock price plummet right after Thursday's earnings, but less than 24 hours later it has risen to its highest price in five months.
After Apple's warning in November about COVID issues, CEO Tim Cook still mainly blames manufacturing problems in China for why Apple sold "significantly less" of the iPhone 14 range than expected.
Apple has taken another step closer to moving AirPods production out of China, with suppliers in India now producing components.
Hong Kong Apple users claim Safari briefly blocked global code site GitLab, seemingly because it's blacklisted by Chinese-owned Tencent.
India's trade minister claims that Apple is intending to raise its local manufacturing to 25% from its current 5% to 7%, although he did not give any timescale.
A new report says Apple has trying to move operations away from China for a decade, and if it can ever accomplish it, the move will take another 20 years.
Apple's radical Indian iPhone production expansion will take years to hit 50% of global demand, but component suppliers in China are already seeing the impact.
As China celebrates its New Year, Apple CEO Tim Cook shared a post on Weibo with a short film about a young man and his love for opera.
November was the worst month for iPhone shipment declines due to ongoing supply issues, but December showed signs of improvement, according to J.P. Morgan.
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