5. Supply Chain News & Rumors

The President of Apple Supplier TSMC confirmed in a Press Conference today that the progress for 2nm chips is better than originally expected

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To Squeeze more profits out of the iPhone, Apple plans to replace chips now supplied by Broadcom and Qualcomm over the next several years

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A Hong Kong Research Analyst told clients that the iPhone 15 will include Titanium Bezels while Apple Watch Ultra will gain an updated Display

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Foxconn won't be the exclusive assembler of the iPhone 15 Pro, as Apple has reportedly tapped Luxshare as a secondary Assembler

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Rumor claims that LG Innotek will invest $1.289 Billion on their new plant that will make Optical Telephoto Zoom Modules for the iPhone 15

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LG Innotek, Apple's Largest Optics Partner, will unveil their Breakthrough Ultra-Compact Optical Zoom camera module at CES in January

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Samsung postpones new equipment for Single-Stack OLED Display's in favor of Two-Stack OLED Display equipment for the 2024 iPad

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The Plant Shut Down at their Zhengzhou Plant has prompted Foxconn to invest an additional $500 Million in Manufacturing in India

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TSMC, the World's Largest Contract Chipmaker, reported Blowout Revenue for November due in-part to Apple's A16 chip

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A key iPhone supplier of Multilayer Ceramic Capacitors believes that Apple will reduce iPhone 14 production in the near future due to weak demand

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TSMC to announce that their 2024 Arizona Plant will first produce 4nm chips in Phase I at the request of customers like Apple, AMD & Nvidia

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Sources point to the turmoil at the iPhone Plant in Zhengzhou resulting in a production shortfall of Apple's top line iPhone 14 Pro

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Widespread COVID-19 Lockdowns across China including Shanghai, where Apple's MacBooks are made, have Ignited Massive Protests

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Apple now has a Team on the ground at the Foxconn Plant in Zhengzhou to ensure that Employees' Concerns are fully Addressed

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A Wild Riot has broken out at Foxconn's Largest iPhone Plant in Zhengzhou City over Working Conditions and reported delays in Bonus Pay

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Apple has reportedly suspended their relationship with China's Yangtze Memory Technologies and may add Samsung as a Fourth Supplier

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Founder and Former CEO of TSMC confirms that their new Arizona Plant that begins production in 2024 will produce 3nm over time

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Desperate times calls for desperate measures as China calls on retired People's Liberation Army to work at Foxconn's iPhone Plant

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The Government in China’s Henan province has gone into High Gear to Safeguard the country’s position in Apple’s supply chain

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UBI Research claims that Samsung is expanding its Quantum-Dot-based OLED Displays to gain Apple's 27" Monitor Business

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In Hyping Foldable Devices in a Meeting with their Suppliers, Samsung claimed that Apple would be entering the 'Foldables' market in 2024

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As iPhone production goes into lockdown mode in Zhengzhou China, Pegatron starts to manufacture iPhones in India for the first time

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Foxconn Plant Rocked by discontent over stringent measures to curb COVID forcing the company to quadruple bonuses to stop the worker Exodus

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