iPhone supplier sells off LCD equipment to repay American tech giant

Apple is preparing the ground to possibly delay the launch of its first 5G iPhones as the coronavirus pandemic threatens global demand and disrupts the company's product development schedule, sources familiar with the matter have told the Nikkei Asian Review.

With a fresh round of supplier factory closures enforced by Malaysia, and the virus disrupting operations in much of the rest of the world, the iPhone maker's supply chain has not fully recovered yet.

Recruitment goals ahead of schedule, as Apple prepares for new model releases

Apple is limiting customer purchases of iPhones over its online stores in many countries including the United States and China to a maximum of two handsets per person, checks on its website on Friday revealed.

Apple will release iOS 13.4 and iPadOS 13.4 on March 24, for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch users.

The company's rumored new phones seemingly borrow some features from the iPhone 11.

A new iOS 14 leak offers details on the iPhone 9, a new iPad Pro with a triple-lens camera and updates to the Apple TV.

Apple's 2020 iPhone could be the one everyone's been waiting for according to analysts.

Analysts expect expanding 5G coverage and a rumored 5G iPhone to drive more demand in 2020.

The United States Supreme Court on Monday dealt a blow to Apple in a decade-long legal battle over whether the iPhone maker infringed on another company's patents.

Apple may be about to give its customers a lot more control over their iPhones and iPads.

Whatever high Apple executives were on in January after the company posted record earnings and strong iPhone sales during the holiday quarter has likely faded. The tech giant is having a rough month.

In a year where the 5G radio will be the new iPhone's spotlight feature, Apple has decided to design the phone's antenna itself.

Apple's main iPhone maker Foxconn got the green light on Monday to reopen two major plants in China closed because of the coronavirus and aims to resume production even though only 10% of the workforce has returned so far, a source told Reuters.

Local Chinese authorities have not blocked Apple supplier Foxconn from resuming production amid a coronavirus outbreak, they said in a statement on Sunday, denying an earlier report in the Nikkei Business Daily.

Apple is exploring plans for a foldable version of the iPhone, according to a patent filed in the US.

A new study commissioned by Penumbra Brands finds that radiation emanating from the iPhone 11 Pro is at a level thought to be dangerous to consumers.

Apple's decision to temporarily shutter its stores in China as a result of the new coronavirus could delay up to 1 million iPhone sales, but is unlikely to have a substantial impact on the company's revenue, analysts at Wedbush Securities said Saturday.

Apple dropped plans to let iPhone users fully encrypt backups of their devices in the company's iCloud service after the FBI complained that the move would harm investigations, six sources familiar with the matter told Reuters.

Apple is trying to change the way electronics are recycled with a robot that disassembles its iPhone so that minerals can be recovered and reused, while acknowledging rising global demand for electronics means new mines will still be needed.

Apple saw a huge boost in iPhone sales in China last month, but embattled tech giant Huawei won't giving up the top spot anytime soon.

And an always-on display too?

Coming this spring

Photos improved by infrared might be on the way

A report on Wednesday said Apple will offer models that are both smaller and larger than those currently available.

The FBI busted a counterfeit ring centered on iPhones and iPads that reportedly cost Apple over $6.1 million.

Apple first filed patents for wraparound screens in 2013, but the new patent claims filed in late October provide more details about what the theoretical device would look like.

And will feature Qualcomm's X55 5G modem

Apple Inc is mobilizing suppliers to launch its first 5G iPhone range, the Nikkei Asian Review said on Wednesday.

Some investors want Apple to sell its iPhone on a subscription basis to shift more of Apple's revenue from transactional sales to recurring revenue.

A photo of one was found in iOS 13.2

Apple CEO Tim Cook told German newspaper Bild iPhone 11 sales are off to a "very strong start."

Apple's new iPhones will use recycled rare earth elements in a key component, the company said on Wednesday.

Pre-orders for Apple's latest iPhones have gotten off to a better start than the last cycle a year ago, several Wall Street analysts said on Monday, citing their own research data.

Even last year's A12 Bionic-powered iPhones were comparable to notebooks in terms of performance and the A13 Bionic has now improved on that on all fronts.

The giant elephant in the room at Apple's iPhone launch event on Tuesday starts with a 5 and ends with a G.

"At no time did we find any evidence of forced labour and we can confirm that this facility currently has no interns working overtime," it said in a statement given to AFP.

Company previously replaced fingerprint sensing with Face ID

Japan Display OLED iPhone screens could still be at least two years away, according to a new report today.