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Indonesia has banned the sale of Apple’s iPhone 16. Photo: Reuters
Indonesia

Indonesia rejects Apple’s US$100 million investment offer to lift iPhone ban

Industry minister says proposal did not meet ‘principles of fairness’, in contrast to other bigger investments in neighbouring countries.

Apple

Apple’s Cook makes third trip to China in 2024 amid iPhone slump

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Smartphones

Apple’s iPhone sales fall during China’s Singles’ Day shopping festival: report

Apple

Apple reveals App Store revenue share in China as Huawei rivalry grows

The US giant says most of its App Store revenues in China are paid to developers and companies.

People line up outside an Apple store in Beijing as the iPhone 16 goes on sale in September. Photo: Reuters
Apple

Taiwan’s Pegatron sells majority stake in India iPhone plant to Tata

As Apple diversifies its supply chain beyond China, India is set to produce up to 25 per cent of the iPhones shipped this year.

Semiconductors

Chinese smartphone makers lift Qualcomm’s chip sales

Launches of new flagship phones from Chinese Android brands such as Xiaomi, Oppo and Vivo have helped lift Qualcomm’s forecast.

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Indonesia

Apple offers Indonesia US$10 million sweetener to reverse its iPhone ban

Indonesia’s iPhone ban is an example of the pressure Prabowo Subianto’s government is putting on multinationals to boost local manufacturing.

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Indonesia banned the sale of Apple’s iPhone 16 citing a lack of local investment. Photo: Apple/TNS
Smartphones

Indonesia bans Google’s Pixel smartphones after blocking Apple’s iPhone 16

Sales of those smartphones were blocked for not meeting Indonesia’s rules requiring the use of locally manufactured components.

Apple

Apple’s China sales continue to fall despite Cook’s charm offensive

The iPhone maker has continued to struggle in China despite growth elsewhere, with sales in the market down 7.7 per cent over 12 months.

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Smartphones

Chinese smartphone brands beat Apple to the AI punch at home

With no word on when Apple Intelligence will arrive in China, domestic players from Xiaomi to Honor are touting their own AI features.

Xiaomi president Lu Weibing introduces the company’s latest flagship handsets in Beijing on Tuesday. Photo: AFP
Smartphones

China smartphone market on track to post first annual sales growth in five years

Domestic smartphone sales rose 2.3 per cent year on year in the September quarter, reinforcing market forecasts of a low single-digit increase in 2024.

Apple’s iPhone 16 series saw more than 70 per cent of domestic sales come from the Pro and Pro Max models as of October 8. Photo: Shutterstock
Apple

Apple’s Tim Cook meets China’s commerce minister, pledges more investment

Minister of Commerce Wang Wentao welcomed Apple to get more “deeply involved” in China, while Cook reiterated Apple’s commitment to the market.

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Apple

Strong iPhone 16 debut lifts Apple to No 2 smartphone vendor in China

Apple captured 15.6 per cent of the Chinese smartphone market, behind Vivo’s 18.6 per cent in one of its most important markets.

Apple

Apple’s Tim Cook meets Chinese regulators but no final word on AI roll-out

Chinese consumers have been vocal about their desire to see Apple bring its generative AI services to China as soon as possible.

Advertising for the new iPhone 16 Pro is seen in a subway station in Shanghai, China. Photo: Shutterstock
Smartphones

Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Elite to give Chinese smartphones an AI power boost

Xiaomi, OnePlus, Realme and Honor have announced devices with the new chip as they look to take on Apple and Samsung in AI.

Qualcomm’s new flagship mobile processor, the Snapdragon 8 Elite, is meant to bring the power of laptops to smartphones. Photo: Handout
Semiconductors

ASML CEO sees US pressure building for more China semiconductor restrictions

The Dutch firm has a monopoly on making the lithography machines that help the world’s largest semiconductor foundries produce advanced chips.

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E-commerce

Alibaba starts Singles’ Day direct sales, with strong demand for Apple products

The encouraging start to Singles’ Day sales for the country’s largest online retail platforms augurs well for consumer spending on the mainland.

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Apple

Tim Cook returns to China as Apple Intelligence roll-out remains uncertain

The Apple chief executive is keeping his ear to the ground in one of the US tech giant’s largest markets.

Apple chief executive Tim Cook poses for a selfie with famous Chinese photographer Chen Man in Beijing. Photo: Weibo
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Apple’s iPhone 16 sees further price cuts as part of Singles’ Day promotions

Alibaba’s Tmall, JD.com and Pinduoduo introduced further iPhone 16 discounts as part of their respective Singles’ Day campaigns.

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Indonesia

Indonesia bans iPhone 16 sales over Apple’s failure to hit investment target

Apple has failed to meet its investment commitments and needs to renew its local content licence, Indonesia’s government says.

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Smartphones

Chinese brands, Apple drive global smartphone shipments

Shipments from Vivo surged nearly 23 per cent in the third quarter, while Samsung’s fell almost 3 per cent, according to IDC.

Promotional signage for Black Friday at a Xiaomi store in Madrid, Spain. Photo: Bloomberg
Smartphones

Vivo unveils X200 smartphone weeks after release of new Apple, Huawei handsets

The X200 series marks the latest effort by Vivo to crack the global smartphone industry’s lucrative high-end segment.

Vivo’s premium X200 smartphone series features MediaTek’s new Dimensity 9400 system-on-a-chip. Photo: SCMP
Apple

Apple opens lab in China amid fierce competition with Huawei

The new facility in the Hetao Shenzhen-Hong Kong tech cooperation zone is one of several Apple research centres in China.

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Foxconn

Mainland China detains four Taiwanese employees at ‘iPhone city’

Police in Zhengzhou city have detained four Foxconn staff on charges of breach of trust, according Taiwanese officials.

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Smartphones

Huawei’s China smartphone sales in August surpass those of Apple, report says

That aligns with data showing a 12.7 per cent year-on-year decline in foreign smartphone shipments, including those of Apple, in August.

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Competition between Huawei Technologies and Apple in the world’s biggest smartphone market is heating up. Photo: Shutterstock
Foxconn

Foxconn builds world’s largest Nvidia superchip production facility in Mexico

Foxconn chairman Liu Young-way said the firm’s manufacturing capabilities include ‘technologies necessary to complement the GB200 server’s infrastructure’.

Liu Young-way, chairman of Foxconn Technology Group, said the company’s supply chain was ready for the artificial intelligence revolution. Photo: AFP
Foxconn

iPhone maker Foxconn says EV business will need years to ramp up

It will probably take another five years for Hon Hai to fully utilise its production lines at an Ohio facility, EV head Jun Seki says.

India

Major fire at Indian factory disrupts iPhone supply chain. China to the rescue?

The blaze halted production at Tata Group’s iPhone component plant, forcing Apple to consider sourcing parts from China to meet demand.

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