Apple is pushing back on an order by Indian officials to remove betting apps from the App Store, and that it needs a "concrete reason" in order to comply with the demand.App Store iconIn February, India's Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) ordered Apple to remove gaming and betting apps from the App Store that were banned in the country. A list of 138 apps to be barred was issued by the regulator, but Apple months later, Apple hasn't fully complied with the order. Read more...

In a blow to Foxconn, Apple is expected to hand key iPhone 16 production responsibilities to Luxshare, significantly boosting the supply chain partner's profit growth over the next two years, according to Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo. In his latest Medium blog post, Kuo said Apple has already given Luxshare new product introduction (NPI) approval for next year's iPhone 16 Pro Max, which is a significant win for the supplier, given that Foxconn has consistently won the highest-end iPhone assembly NPI in previous years. The approval followed Apple's decision to transfer some iPhone 14 Pro Max orders from Foxconn to Luxshare to diversify supply and mitigate risk, following the protests and riots that broke out in Foxconn's largest iPhone factory in…

The Indian government has today announced that Foxconn has broken ground on $500M worth of new iPhone plants in Telangana, in the south of the country, as Apple continues its efforts to move more production out of China. At least one of the plants is also expected to manufacture AirPods, after Apple offered Foxconn a new contract for these back in March … more… The post New iPhone plants in India, as Apple shifts more production from China; AirPods, too appeared first on 9to5Mac.

Major Apple assembler Foxconn will invest $500 million to set up manufacturing plants in the southern Indian state of Telangana, the state’s IT minister said on Monday. The logo of electronics contract manufacturer Foxconn Technology Group, formally known as Hon Hai Precision Industry, is displayed at its headquarters in Taipei. Photo: Agence France-Presse Reuters: The investment will create 25,000 jobs in the first phase, K. T. Rama Rao said in a tweet. Demonstrating the “Telangana Speed”, I am happy to announce the groundbreaking of first of Foxconn’s plants in Telangana at Kongar Kalaan today With an investment of over $500M it shall create 25,000 direct jobs in first Phase #Telangana #Foxconn pic.twitter.com/PHThJWxsfT — KTR (@KTRBRS) May 15, 2023 Apple has…

Accelerating a shift of production outside China, Tata Group is set to become Apple’s fourth iPhone contract manufacturer, following its acquisition of Taiwanese firm Wistron’s factory in southern India, according to research firm TrendForce. Ben Jiang for South China Morning Post: The Mumbai-based, cars-to-software conglomerate has received orders for the new iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus models to be launched later this year, indicating that India will see the first wave of shipments for the new series, TrendForce said in a recent blog post, without elaborating. “Following Apple’s pattern, new suppliers receive smaller orders for lower-end models,” the Taipei-based firm said. It predicted Tata’s share of assembly orders from Apple for various iPhone models would amount to 5 per…

Major Apple assembler Foxconn has bought a huge tract of land on the outskirts of Indian tech hub Bengaluru, the company said in a filing Tuesday as it strives to diversify production away from CCP-controlled China. The logo of electronics contract manufacturer Foxconn Technology Group, formally known as Hon Hai Precision Industry, is displayed at its headquarters in Taipei. Photo: Agence France-Presse Aishwarya Kumar and Sean Gleeson for AFP: Also known by its official name, Hon Hai Precision Industry, Foxconn is the world’s biggest contract electronics manufacturer and a principal assembler of Apple iPhones. Both companies are seeking to shift manufacturing away from China after strict Covid policies, a bout of industrial unrest and ongoing diplomatic tensions with the United States hurt production.…