Tag: Apple suppliers

April 9, 2020

A report from the Commercial Times suggests that many Apple partners in the Taiwanese supply chain are expecting a stall in production as a result of the coronavirus impacts on consumer demand. “There will be a lot of stagnation in […]

February 10, 2020

The impact of the coronavirus on Apple suppliers continues into a second week, with Foxconn’s biggest iPhone plants severely hit. One plant has been banned from re-opening by the government, while only 10% of the company’s workforce has turned up […]

July 25, 2019

Apple appears to be expecting roughly stable demand for the iPhone 11, iPhone 11 Max and iPhone 11R set to be announced later this year. Bloomberg reports Apple suppliers have been instructed to manufacture parts for about 75 million phones […]

September 17, 2018

iPhone prices for the new models announced on September 12, 2018, are worrying for Apple’s suppliers. Starting at $749, they could go as high as $1,099 for the largest iPhone Xs Max. $1,449 plus tax is the most expensive iPhone […]

September 10, 2018

Shares in Apple’s Asian suppliers dropped Monday after President Donald Trump tweeted that the company should move production to the US. The Cupertino, California, company makes most of its products — most notably, the iPhone — in China, but Trump […]

January 30, 2018

The Wall Street Journal is also reporting that Apple suppliers are cutting back production of parts for iPhone X, with claims that Apple has significantly lowered orders for the January – March quarter. Echoing numbers from KGI and Nikkei, the […]

January 17, 2018

Apple suppliers will be lowering component manufacturing for iPhone X, iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus in the first quarter of this year following the peak holiday season. Via Digitimes, lower orders are mostly from seasonality trends but some sources […]

December 19, 2017

Almost 200 Apple suppliers are really, really bad for the environment. An app called Blue Map, created by environmentalist Ma Jun and backed by Chinese retailer Alibaba, found that the suppliers were violating Apple’s environmental guidelines. The app aggregates pollution […]