COVID-19 Lockdowns in China Significantly Impacting iPhone Production

Apple warned that COVID-19 lockdowns in China are “significantly” impacting its iPhone supply chain.

Why Apple is Looking to Vietnam to reduce its reliance on China

Currently, more than 90 percent of Apple devices, such as iPhones, iPads, and MacBooks, are made in China. Experts suggest that Apple’s heavy dependence on China brings potential risks, especially when the US-China trade war shows no signs of de-escalating.

SET and KTB to launch the first DRx based on Apple and Tesla stocks

The two DRx, namely AAPL80X (Apple DRx) and TSLA80X (Tesla DRx), will become available to investors through the Stock Exchange of Thailand at the same time.

iPads’ production heads to Vietnam

The move, planned last year but delayed by Vietnam’s own COVID surge, highlights the importance of Vietnam for Apple in its ongoing quest for supply chain stability

Second Apple Store in Southeast Asia to open in Bangkok

Thailand will be the 8th Asian country offering an Apple store after China (42), Japan (9), Hong Kong (6), Macau (2), South Korea (1), Taiwan (1) and Singapore (1).

Apple’s CEO Tim Cook Visited China Mobile HQ

Tim Cook arrived in Beijing two days ago for yet another trip to China, but since then he has been moving in mysterious ways. According to QQ Tech, one of China’s biggest IT news sites, Cook visited China Mobile (NYSE:CHL; HKG:0941) HQ this morning to meet the new chairman Xi Guohua

Infamous Pirated iOS apps portal Installous Shuts Down

Installous, a major portal for pirated paid apps from Apple’s App Store, won’t be around anymore in 2013. Development team Hackulous today announced the closure of Installous on their official Web site.

iPad mini preorders go live in Thailand

While not included in the 34 countries participating in the iPad mini launch, Thailand’s Online Apple Store has apparently started taking preorders for the device, with ship dates quoted at two weeks.