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Apple's Chinese arm under serious threat as production may get disrupted for months because of COVID
Mehul Das •China’s growing COVID cases have endangered Apple’s revenue projections for 2023. As a result, the Cupertino-based tech giant wants Foxconn, Pegatron and Wistron to increase their production in India.
Apple sells fewer than 500,000 smartphones in China in February amid coronavirus
•In total, mobile phone brands sold a total of 6.34 million devices in February in China, down 54.7 percent compared to that in February 2019.
Apple shareholders defeat a proposal critical of its removal of apps at the request of the Chinese govt
•The proposal highlighted Apple's 2017 removal of virtual private network apps from its App Store in China.
Apple to close all China mainland stores till 9 February due the coronavirus outbreak
•Apple remains heavily reliant on China both for smartphone sales as well as for its supply chain and manufacturing.
iPhone shipments in China see another double-digit decline, fall by over 35 percent: Report
•Total iPhone shipments in China in the September-November period dropped 7.4 percent from a year earlier.
Apple could be planning an affordable iPhone with a new Touch ID for China: Report
Tech2 News Staff •The cheaper iPhone could make use of Touch ID with an in-display fingerprint reader.
Apple assessing costs to move 15-30 percent of its production from China: Report
•Apple decided the risks of depending heavily on manufacturing in China are too great and even rising
Apple iPhone sales drop in China by 20% in Q4 2018, Huawei's sales up by 23%
•The decline in sales has reportedly reduced Apple’s market share to 11.5 percent from 12.9 percent a year ago.
Apple HomePod is officially launching in the Chinese market on 18 January
Tech2 News Staff •Apple made special mention of the security and privacy features that the HomePod offers.
Apple appeals against court ruling banning the sale and import of iPhones in China
Ians •China could ban sale of older Apple iPhones in the country for allegedly violating Qualcomm's patent.