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Friday, December 12, 2025
TopicApple iPhones

Topic: Apple iPhones

The Apple designer who introduced iPhone Air leaves the company

Abidur Chowdhury, an industrial designer, spent more than six years at Apple. He joined around the same time famous design chief Jony Ive departed the company

Trump threatens Apple with 25% tariffs if iPhones are made in India

In a post on Truth Social, the US President wrote that he has informed Tim Cook of the tax levies if the CEO insists on building and manufacturing in India or anywhere else rather than in the States.

Indonesia bans sales of Google phones days after blocking Apple’s iPhone 16

JAKARTA (Reuters) -Indonesia said it has banned sales of smartphones made by Alphabet's Google due to rules requiring the use of locally manufactured components, days after blocking sales of tech

Apple to open 4 more stores in India, start selling ‘Made in India’ iPhone 16 Pro from this month

The stores will come up in Pune, Bengaluru, Delhi-NCR and Mumbai. Its 2 existing stores are in Mumbai & Delhi.

Probe to begin at Hosur Tata plant making components for Apple iPhones

The fire at the Tata plant in the city of Hosur began Saturday in an area used to store chemicals, a fire official told Reuters.

Foxconn India systematically avoids hiring married women at iPhone plant — Reuters investigation

Reuters spoke to 17 staffers from Foxconn hiring agencies in India & 4 current and former Foxconn HR executives, who confirmed the discriminatory hiring practice at Tamil Nadu plant.

Apple overtakes Microsoft to return as world’s most valuable company

Its shares rose more than 2% to $211.75, giving it a market valuation of $3.25 trillion, while Microsoft's market capitalisation stood at $3.24 trillion.

Mos Rajeev Chandrashekhar slams WaPo report on Indian govt targeting Apple — ‘half facts, embellished’

Union minister of state for information technology was referring to Washington Post report on Indian govt targeting Apple after it gave hacking warnings to journalists, opposition leaders.

Apple plans to make over 50 million iPhones in India each year

After the next two or three years, Apple plans to increase production to additional tens of millions of units, reports Wall Street Journal.

‘State-sponsored attackers’ — Apple ‘warns’ Opposition leaders, journalists their phones may be hacked

Shiv Sena (Uddhav Thackeray)'s Priyanka Chaturvedi, TMC's Mohua Moitra, Congress's Pawan Khera among those who took to social media to share the communication.

On Camera

IndiGo cancellations made TV news do the unexpected — question the Modi government

Republic TV was the harshest of them all: “The (civil aviation) minister has done a bad job,” said prime time anchor Arnab Goswami.

IndiGo’s profits dipped, most airlines sunk into losses last fiscal even as flier numbers soared

Despite growing passenger volume, 11 out of 14 carriers reported losses in 2023-24. IndiGo recorded profit of Rs 8,167 crore, which reduced to Rs 7.253 crore in 2024-25.

Dubai Tejas crash revives focus on advanced, fully automated safety systems

Dubai airshow crash & pilot death have rekindled concerns over pilot safety, and need for smarter automated systems that can step in when G-forces, temporary loss of consciousness hit the pilot.

Asim Munir & Pakistan’s Failed Marshal Doctrine

None of Pakistan’s PMs has lasted 5 years. That the current PM has given Asim Munir 5 years shows that of all military dictatorships history has seen, Pakistan’s is most creative.