Apple looks to Luxshare for iPhone 15 Pro Max assembly
Apple has reportedly chosen Luxshare as an additional manufacturer for the iPhone 15 Pro Max, easing its reliance on Foxconn.
Apple CEO Tim Cook at a Luxshare plant
Foxconn has long served as the major manufacturer to assemble iPhone Pro models, but recent troubles at its Zhengzhou facility has slowed iPhone 14 Pro production. Wednesday's report from Trendforce estimates that iPhone 14 shipments have fallen to 78.1 million units in 2022 due to the impact of COVID-19 at Foxconn's major iPhone factory.
To keep up iPhone production, it will be good for Apple to partner with more suppliers. For example, Luxshare already assembles AirPods for Apple, and won a contract in 2021 to build a portion of iPhone 13 models.
Luxshare has built a "mega-plant" in China for iPhone assembly. It has also leased and renovated a nearby plant previously owned by iPad assembler Compal.
Apple has been gradually moving production of its devices outside of China, and this move won't aid in that immediately.. The company reportedly plans to move some MacBook Pro production to Vietnam in 2023, after having shifted a portion of iPad manufacturing to the country in 2021.
India is also producing iPhones for Apple, starting with the iPhone 11 in 2020 and the iPhone 12 in 2021, followed by the iPhone 13 and iPhone 14 in 2022.
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Apple CEO Tim Cook at a Luxshare plant
Foxconn has long served as the major manufacturer to assemble iPhone Pro models, but recent troubles at its Zhengzhou facility has slowed iPhone 14 Pro production. Wednesday's report from Trendforce estimates that iPhone 14 shipments have fallen to 78.1 million units in 2022 due to the impact of COVID-19 at Foxconn's major iPhone factory.
To keep up iPhone production, it will be good for Apple to partner with more suppliers. For example, Luxshare already assembles AirPods for Apple, and won a contract in 2021 to build a portion of iPhone 13 models.
Luxshare has built a "mega-plant" in China for iPhone assembly. It has also leased and renovated a nearby plant previously owned by iPad assembler Compal.
Apple has been gradually moving production of its devices outside of China, and this move won't aid in that immediately.. The company reportedly plans to move some MacBook Pro production to Vietnam in 2023, after having shifted a portion of iPad manufacturing to the country in 2021.
India is also producing iPhones for Apple, starting with the iPhone 11 in 2020 and the iPhone 12 in 2021, followed by the iPhone 13 and iPhone 14 in 2022.
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foxconn is owned by Taiwan and Luxshare is closely supported by the CCP , this is who the CCP want to make iPhones ultimately.
some of the issue Foxconn has had last few months is CCP trying to speed up the process of replacing foxconn
if people read my posts last months, AirPods were made by 2 Taiwanese companies in 2019, as of today, 90 percent are made by Luxshare , same with IPads
At last count there are 248 million people infected with COVID-19, and that's just the first phase.
Add to that the aggressive posture of China's wolf warrior diplomacy and you have a recipe for disaster should China further its aggressive stance in the South China Sea.
in many ways, they were allowed to still work and make money compared to when we had our lock down
we didn’t have a way to work or goto school in a closed loop. People were actually given a choice there while we didn’t have a choice except stay home with Netflix
noe workers are being offered bonuses to return to work…
just a different system but don’t judge just because it’s different
indonesianis a possibility
Closer to home support unionize American workers (Apple retail).
Applies to the Brahmaputra River too (half of it).
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_dams_on_the_Brahmaputra_River
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