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Earlier this week, Apple's shipping estimates for the iPhone X improved to 1-2 weeks. According to a new report from KGI analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, the improved shipping estimates are due to better than expected production enhancements and parts availability, not weakened demand. Kuo's sources said that iPhone X production issues "have been well addressed" in recent...

Reports from sources close to Apple's supply chain suggest that any iPhone X production problems are long gone, and Apple will increase production to ship about 26 million of the OLED model in the holiday quarter. According to a new report from KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, the supply increase is due to widespread positive reception...

Even though Apple will begin taking orders for the iPhone X in a month, final production for the device has yet to begin. Raymond James chip analyst Christopher Caso conducted supply chain checks earlier this morning and shared what he learned about Apple's production schedule in an investor's note obtained by Barron's. Caso said that even though...

New York University graduate student Dejian Zeng spent last summer working in a Pegatron factory manufacturing the iPhone 6s and 7 as part of a summer project. This was Zeng's opportunity to get a first-hand look at what factory life is like for a worker in China. In an interview published on Tuesday, Zeng described...

Apple has moved the production of the 10.5-inch iPad Pro 2 to March from its earlier plans of starting in May-June, according to a report from DigiTimes from today. The report, citing Apple’s Taiwan-based supply chain sources further stated that Apple could launch the said iPad model at an event marking the inauguration of its Apple...

According to a new report from MacRumors, Apple has finished filming its documentary series "Planet of the Apps". An anonymous source familiar with the matter, who was also said to be involved in the production, said that the documentary was filmed on an Apple-constructed set near Hollywood. The anonymous source told MacRumors: "Apple built the...

According to a DigiTimes report, Apple’s next generation ‘iPhone 8’ is expected to enter production much earlier than anticipated, with industry sources suggesting that production parts and components for this year's iPhone models will start delivering in the first quarter of 2017, much earlier than the schedule in previous years. Ming-Chi Kuo of KGI Securities has previously said...

According to a report from The Times of India, Apple supplier Wistron is currently prepping an iPhone assembly facility in Peenya, an industrial center in the city of Bengaluru. The plant is slated to start production in April. Amid rumours that Apple is ramping up efforts to sell its devices in India, the report claims...

A series of powerful earthquakes that shook southwest Japan this week has also disrupted the electronics supply chain. Sony, Mitsubishi Electric and chip-maker Renesas are among the companies with factories in the area. On Thursday evening local time, Kumamoto prefecture was hit by a magnitude 6.4 earthquake, the first of many to rock the area....

Earlier this week, it was reported that Apple has told manufacturing partners Pegatron and Hon Hai to ramp down production of the iPhone 5C. A report published on Friday suggests that Apple has dialed back iPhone 5C production by 35 percent, while increasing iPhone 5S production by 75 percent. NPD attributes the production cuts to...