Apple

  • Chinese phone makers won't follow Apple with small-screen Android phones

    In Apple's iPhone 12 series models released this month, the iPhone 12 mini became a reason for excitement for users who prefer smaller screen phones. However, in the Android camp, there seems to be no sign of manufacturers following suit.

  • IDC expects Apple and Huawei to capture 88% of China's high-end smartphone market

    Apple and Huawei will each account for about 44 percent of China's 5G handset market in the $600-plus price point where the iPhone 12 series is located, according to a recent report from research firm IDC.

  • Apple China website briefly crashes due to too many visits as pre-orders for iPhone 12, iPhone 12 Pro begin

    Apple opened pre-orders for the iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 Pro on Friday at 8 p.m. across various channels in China, but the Apple website briefly experienced inaccessibility issues due to the overwhelming number of visitors.

  • Foxconn can't even recruit enough workers with extra 10,000 yuan bonus on eve of iPhone 12's sale

    The peak iPhone production season is here. In Foxconn, PEGATRON and other Apple product factories, everyone feels the hot atmosphere.

  • iPhone 12 Pro has 6GB of RAM, iPhone 12 and 12 mini still use 4GB

    iPhone 12 Pro and iPhone 12 Pro Max come with 6GB of RAM, while the lower-end iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 mini still have 4GB of RAM, according to plist files in the Xcode 12.1 beta.

  • iPhone 12 series supports China's BeiDou satellite positioning system

    Apple's iPhone 12 series comes with built-in support for five navigation satellites - GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, QZSS and BeiDou Satellite - according to specs released on Apple's website after today's launch.

  • BOE reportedly offers OLED screens for two iPhone 12 models

    China’s top display maker BOE is one of the suppliers of the two other upcoming iPhone models besides the iPhone 12 Pro and iPhone 12 Pro Max, chinastarmarket.cn said, citing supply chain sources.

  • You can now jailbreak iOS 14, if you're using these devices

    The development team behind iOS jailbreak tool Checkra1n has released version 0.11.0 of Checkra1n, which adds support for iOS 14, but only on a limited number of devices.

  • WM Motor and Apple launch Apple Watch dials for remote vehicle control

    Chinese electric vehicle startup WM Motor has teamed up with Apple to launch exclusive dials for the Apple Watch Series 6, becoming the first company in China to customize the Apple Watch so that users can control their vehicle remotely by lifting their hands.

  • Ming-Chi Kuo: mmWave 5G iPhone will ship far less than expected in 2020 and 2021

    The market has overestimated mmWave 5G iPhone shipments as Covid-19 causes global 5G mmWave base station construction to fall far short of expectations, says Tianfeng International analyst Ming-Chi Kuo.