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Apple and Oppo Battle for Top Spot in China Phone Market

28Apr

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Apple and Oppo Battle for Top Spot in China Phone Market

[ad_1] Apple Inc. and Oppo were the top smartphone makers in China over the first quarter, in a market that's still shrinking following a year of economic disruptions.Shenzhen-based Oppo had the biggest share of shipments, at 19.6%, according to IDC's latest figures, with Apple's iPhone following close behind. Counterpoint and Canalys estimates, which look at sales and shipments, handed Apple the narrow lead. The US electronics firm clinched the top spot in the final three months of last year following the release of its iPhone 14 and 14 Pro series. The Chinese smartphone market registered double-digit contractions for most of the past year, first with steep drops in sales of Android handsets, such as those made by Oppo, and eventually impacting even Apple's iPhone range. Shipments to m...

iPhone Maker Foxconn Barely Grows Sales as Tech Demand Withers

6Apr

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iPhone Maker Foxconn Barely Grows Sales as Tech Demand Withers

[ad_1] Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. increased revenue by only 3.9% last quarter, underscoring how fears of a recession are crimping demand for iPhones and other consumer electronics.The world's largest maker of Apple Inc. 's devices, known also as Foxconn, reported revenue of NT$1.46 trillion ($48 billion) for the usually slower March quarter. That's down steeply even from the previous three months, when a Covid outbreak prompted protests at its main Zhengzhou facility in central China, disrupting iPhone production for weeks. That complex, known as “iPhone City” for being the largest global production site for Apple's marquee device, resumed normal operations only in January. Analysts estimated revenue of NT$1.45 trillion on average for the first three months of the year. Hon Hai also...

Apple Supplier Foxconn’s Sales Decline Despite China Reopening

7Mar

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Apple Supplier Foxconn’s Sales Decline Despite China Reopening

[ad_1] Hon Hai Precision Industry Co.'s February sales fell 11.7% from a year earlier, despite a boost for the iPhone assembler from China's reopening. The Apple Inc. supplier, also known as Foxconn, said monthly revenue dropped to NT$402 billion ($13 billion) last month. Still, first-quarter outlook is “roughly in line with market expectation,” based on sales figures in the last two months, Hon Hai said in a statement Sunday. Lunar new year holidays in China occurred in January this year while in 2022 they took place in February. Output at the Taiwanese company's vast iPhone assembly complex in the Chinese city of Zhengzhou largely resumed normal operations in January, following disruptions from a Covid outbreak. Attention is on how the popularity of iPhones holds up, with over...

Foxconn plans new India iPhone plant in shift away from China

4Mar

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Foxconn plans new India iPhone plant in shift away from China

[ad_1] Apple will manufacture iPhones at a new plant in India, officials said Friday, as the US tech giant seeks to ramp up its India production and diversify away from China. The flagship mobile's global supply chain is based mainly in China, where strict Covid policies last year and ongoing diplomatic tensions with the United States have hurt production. "Apple phones to be built in the state soon," Karnataka state chief minister Basavaraj S Bommai tweeted on Friday. "Apart from creating about 100,000 jobs, it will create a whole lot of opportunities for Karnataka," he added. Rajeev Chandrasekhar, India's minister of state for information technology, said the proposed factory will be spread over 300 acres in the state, home to India...

iPhone City Maintains Plant Curbs as China Tweaks Covid Approach

1Dec

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iPhone City Maintains Plant Curbs as China Tweaks Covid Approach

[ad_1] iPhone assembly plant remains in a closed-loop operation that curtails workers’ movement on campus, potentially complicating the effort to resume full production. Apple Inc.'s most important iPhone assembly plant remains in a closed-loop operation that curtails workers' movement on campus, potentially complicating the effort to resume full production. Foxconn Technology Group is sticking with measures adopted weeks ago limiting staff movements in order to handle a Covid outbreak, according to a person familiar with operations, who asked not to be named as the information is not public. The closed-loop approach restricts workers to their dorms or the factory floor, minimizing the number of other people they come into contact with in hopes of containing the spread of the virus...

Apple’s Tim Cook Goes to Washington to Meet With Top GOP Lawmakers

30Nov

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Apple’s Tim Cook Goes to Washington to Meet With Top GOP Lawmakers

[ad_1] Apple CEO Tim Cook is in Washington to meet with top Republican lawmakers as the company seeks to forge ties with the GOP ahead of the party’s takeover of the House. Apple Inc. Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook is in Washington to meet with top Republican lawmakers, according to people familiar with his visit, as the company seeks to forge ties with the GOP ahead of the party's takeover of the House early next year. Cook has scheduled sessions with Republican Representatives Jim Jordan of Ohio, Darrell Issa of California and Cathy McMorris Rodgers of Washington, according to two of the people familiar with the meetings, who asked not to be identified discussing private travel plans. Jordan and McMorris Rodgers are likely to chair the top committees overseeing the tech industr...

26Nov

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Foxconn unrest risks iPhone shipments

[ad_1] Foxconn's flagship iPhone plant in China is set to see a further reduction in November shipments. Foxconn's flagship iPhone plant in China is set to see a further reduction in November shipments after the latest bout of worker unrest this week, a source with direct knowledge of the matter said on Friday, as thousands of employees quit. The world's largest Apple iPhone factory has been grappling with strict COVID-19 restrictions that have fuelled discontent among workers and disrupted production ahead of Christmas and January's Lunar New Year holiday, as many workers were either put into isolation or fled the plant. Following Wednesday's escalation that saw workers clash with security personnel, Foxconn could now see more than 30% of the site's November production affected,...

China widens COVID curbs, Apple factory unrest adds to economy worries

23Nov

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China widens COVID curbs, Apple factory unrest adds to economy worries

[ad_1] Chinese authorities imposed more restrictions on Wednesday to rein in a rapid rise in COVID-19 infections, adding to investors' worries about the economy. Chinese authorities imposed more restrictions on Wednesday to rein in a rapid rise in COVID-19 infections, adding to investors' worries about the economy just as fresh unrest at the world's largest iPhone factory highlighted the social and financial toll of these curbs.Across China, cities including the capital Beijing and financial hub Shanghai have closed malls and parks, and imposed limits on the movement of people arriving from elsewhere as infections neared record highs last seen in April. The measures are darkening the outlook for the world's second-largest economy and dampening hopes that China would significantly ease...

Apple limits file-sharing for Chinese iPhone users after anti-govt protest

10Nov

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Apple limits file-sharing for Chinese iPhone users after anti-govt protest

[ad_1] Apple limited file-sharing for Chinese iPhone users Thursday, a month after reports that anti-government protesters were using the function to share digital leaflets with strangers. Apple limited file-sharing for Chinese iPhone users Thursday, a month after reports that anti-government protesters were using the function to share digital leaflets with strangers. Under the update to the AirDrop function, users of smartphones sold by Apple in China can only opt in to receive files from non-contacts for a 10-minute window before it automatically shuts off. The feature did not previously have a time limit. The update, rolled out in the operating system released overnight, makes it virtually impossible to receive unexpected files from strangers. The change follows widespread r...

iPhone factory lockdown shows risks of China dependence, analysts say

3Nov

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iPhone factory lockdown shows risks of China dependence, analysts say

[ad_1] Foxconn, Apple's principal subcontractor, has seen a surge in Covid-19 cases at its Zhengzhou site. The lockdown of Foxconn's Zhengzhou factory, the world's biggest producer of iPhones, has highlighted some of the risks of relying on zero-Covid China's manufacturing sector, analysts told AFP.Foxconn, Apple's principal subcontractor, has seen a surge in Covid-19 cases at its Zhengzhou site, leading the company to lock down the vast complex in a bid to keep the virus in check. Images then emerged of panicking workers fleeing the site on foot in the wake of allegations of poor conditions at the facility, which employs hundreds of thousands of workers. Foxconn is China's biggest private sector employer, with over a million people working across the country in its around thirty fact...