iPhone Production Said to See 30 Percent Slump After Disruption at Foxconn Plant in China

iPhone Production Said to See 30 Percent Slump After Disruption at Foxconn Plant in China

iPhone production could slump by at least 30 percent at Foxconn’s factory in China’s city of Zhengzhou after worker unrest disrupted operations, a person with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters on Friday. The estimate was an upward revision of an October internal forecast for production impact of up to 30…

iPhone Factory Workers Beaten During Protest Over Pay Dispute at Foxconn’s China Plant

iPhone Factory Workers Beaten During Protest Over Pay Dispute at Foxconn’s China Plant

Police beat workers protesting over a pay dispute at the biggest factory for Apple’s iPhone, whose new model is delayed by controls imposed as China tries to contain a surge in COVID-19 cases. Foxconn, the biggest contract assembler of smartphones and other electronics, is struggling to fill orders for the…

Airtel 5G Users Cross 1 Million Mark Less Than a Month After 5G Rollout: All Details

Airtel 5G Users Cross 1 Million Mark Less Than a Month After 5G Rollout: All Details

Airtel 5G unique users for the telecom operator have crossed the 1 million mark, just weeks after it launched the high-speed services in India. The company said it achieved this milestone in less than 30 days of its commercial launch of high-speed 5G services. Last month, Airtel announced the advent…

Foxconn Increases Wages, Gives Workers Bonuses to Staff to Quell Discontent Over COVID Curbs: Report

Foxconn Increases Wages, Gives Workers Bonuses to Staff to Quell Discontent Over COVID Curbs: Report

Apple supplier Foxconn has increased wages and is handing bonuses to workers at its Zhengzhou plant in central China, Chinese government-backed media reported, as it works to quell employee discontent at the site over COVID curbs. Daily wages for employees, who are part of a Foxconn unit responsible for making…

Apple Working to Address iPhone14 Pro Supply Constraints: MoS Rajeev Chandrasekhar

Apple Working to Address iPhone14 Pro Supply Constraints: MoS Rajeev Chandrasekhar

Minister of State For Electronics and IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar on Wednesday said he has spoken to Apple on reports of stores in the national capital running out of stock of the firm’s latest phone offering iPhone14 Pro. The minister also said there has been a surge in demand for iPhone…

Apple’s 2020 Antitrust Fine Issued by French Watchdog Said to Be Reduced to EUR 372 Million

Apple’s 2020 Antitrust Fine Issued by French Watchdog Said to Be Reduced to EUR 372 Million

A French court on Thursday substantially lowered a fine against iPhone maker Apple for alleged anti-competitive behaviour to EUR 372 million (nearly Rs. 3,000 crore) from EUR 1.1 billion (nearly Rs. 8,800 crore) previously, two sources with knowledge of the matter told Reuters. The original fine had been imposed by…

Apple Loses Second Bid to Challenge Qualcomm Patents at US Supreme Court

Apple Loses Second Bid to Challenge Qualcomm Patents at US Supreme Court

The US Supreme Court on Monday again declined to hear Apple’s bid to revive an effort to cancel three Qualcomm smartphone patents despite the settlement of the underlying dispute between the two tech giants. The justices left in place a lower court’s decision against Apple after similarly turning away in June…

Dynamic Island Could Feature on All Android Phones. Here’s How to Download

Dynamic Island Could Feature on All Android Phones. Here’s How to Download

A few weeks after Apple unveiled the iPhone 14 lineup at its ‘Far Out’ event on September 7 with a major design change with the Dynamic Island, now Android smartphone users can also add this new feature to their devices.  You can build your own customized implementation of the new…

Apple May Manufacture 25 Percent iPhone Handsets in India by 2025: Report

Apple May Manufacture 25 Percent iPhone Handsets in India by 2025: Report

Apple is seemingly looking to gradually reduce its dependency on China for manufacturing its products due to the rising geopolitical tensions and supply chain issues caused by COVID lockdowns. Now, a JP Morgan analyst is reportedly claiming that the Cupertino-based company will manufacture about 25 percent of its iPhone handsets…

Tata Group in Talks With Wistron to Manufacture iPhones in India: Report

Tata Group in Talks With Wistron to Manufacture iPhones in India: Report

Tata has reportedly been in touch with Taiwanese supplier Wistron to establish a joint electronics manufacturing venture in India with the aim of manufacturing iPhones in the country. Tata purportedly seeks to tap into the expertise of Wistron in product development, supply chain, and assembly. If the deal goes through,…