Apple's work to reach a 100% carbon neutral footprint by 2030 may be in danger because of TSMC, with the Apple chip partner aiming to do the same by 2050 despite reports of the company's massive impact on the environment.
The cost of the iPhone could grow for future models, after chip partner TSMC raised its production fees for making processors and other semiconductors.
Apple's suppliers of multilayer ceramic capacitors are enduring COVID-19 outbreaks in their factories, causing there to be a tight supply of the important component used throughout the electronics industry.
Samsung is preparing to invest 240 trillion won ($205 billion) on its various businesses over the next three years, including enhancing its memory production lines.
Current component and chip shortages plaguing the smartphone industry are now affecting "everybody but Apple," according to new wireless industry research.
Apple could introduce an iPad using a titanium chassis, a future change to the tablet line that could make it lighter and more resilient to everyday use.
Apple will return to holding its iPhone launches in September, according to Wedbush analysts, with the "iPhone 13" expected to be unveiled in the third week of September.
Apple partner Foxconn reported strong second quarter financial results, but says it will need to "wait and see" if a new surge in coronavirus cases will impact its Asia supply chain.
Apple is warning that it expects ongoing supply constraints and shortages to affect sales of the iPhone and iPad lineups in the upcoming September quarter.
An apparent supply chain leak is corroborating rumors that Apple's higher-end "iPhone 13" models could be offered in new colors like "sunset gold," matte black, and a pale rose gold.
The chairman of Apple supplier TSMC has said that the company plans to begin chip production at its Arizona plant in 2024 — but what it will make there isn't quite clear.
Apple suppliers Foxconn and Pegatron will share orders for the Cupertino tech giant's "iPhone 13" mini later in 2021, according to a new report citing supply chain sources.
In an attempt to solidify its place in the global manufacturing supply chain, Vietnamese factory workers have begun sleeping on factory floors, hoping to reduce coronavirus outbreaks.
Apple's fall iPhone refresh will be known as the "iPhone 13," a report claims, with Apple also continuing to use its "mini," "Pro," and "Pro Max" terminology for the different models.
Apple has started to receive shipments for parts it needs to assemble the "iPhone 13" by September, with the timing suggesting a very slightly earlier release than for the iPhone 12 family.
The 2021 "Apple Watch Series 7" upgrade to a thinner "S7" processor could help squeeze a bigger battery into the wearable device.
A wind farm company in China that has partnered with Apple has allegedly been linked to the use of forced labor of Uyghurs from the Xinjiang region, increasing the number of companies said to be involved with the repression.
A number of Apple's suppliers in China are allegedly telling minorities not to bother applying for work on the open market, a report claims, due to the same firms employing Uyghurs via a government-sponsored labor program.
The United States is donating 750,000 vaccine doses for COVID-19 to Taiwan in a program to distribute shots worldwide, a move that may also help improve the ongoing global chip shortage by avoiding a complete lockdown for the country.
Nearly one-third of the companies that Apple has added to its list of suppliers in the past three years are from mainland China, bucking talk of Apple reducing its reliance on the country.
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