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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

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

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.

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.

With India-made iPhones, Tamil Nadu isn’t just competing with China, but rest of India

Once known for Rajiv Gandhi's assassination, today Sriperumbudur is one of Apple’s main assembly hubs outside China. Most workers here are women with engineering degrees.

Why your iPhone 15 cost you way more than it would have in US, despite ‘made in India’ factor

A variety of factors, including Apple’s pricing strategy, forex fluctuations and import duties, are leading to this huge price discrepancy, say experts.

Deliveries of Apple iPhone 15 Pro, Pro Max delayed in China by a few weeks, reports Bloomberg

Reporter Mark Gurman posted that Pro Max deliveries are delayed by 4-5 weeks and by 2-3 weeks for the Pro device.

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India’s close encounters with Pakistan on Siachen

Pakistan's SSG team was not adequately provisioned for the inclement weather. If it managed to consolidate its position, the story of Siachen would have been different. 

Recovery of energy flows will be ‘gradual rather than immediate’ as Hormuz re-opens post ceasefire

The reopening of the Strait of Hormuz eases supply fears, but controlled shipping, slow output recovery, and high costs may delay oil flow normalisation for months.

Why Siliguri Corridor is strategically important for India & how it is being secured | Cut The Clutter

This special edition of Cut The Clutter, straight from the Siliguri corridor, details the strategic importance of the narrow strip of land in West Bengal, and how it’s a vital link connecting the Northeast to the rest of India.

Trump, Netanyahu’s Iran gamble: The regime change rebound

American objectives are unmet. They neither have muscle nor motivation to resume the war. As for Iran, the regime didn’t just survive, it’s now led by more radical individuals.