The AWT News Update is on hiatus while my compadre, Steve, takes a road trip. In its place, I’ll offer a text-only (no podcast) summary of breaking stories with a tip o’ my hat to my former website, Apple Daily Report.
New research conducted by a global independent safety firm has revealed that 99% of fake Apple chargers sold online fail a basic safety test, according to the BBC.
Citing industry officials familiar with Apple’s plans, The Economic Times reports Apple has tapped European logistics firm and global operating partner DB Schenker to build and manage a distribution facility in Bhiwandi.
A former senior manager at Foxconn has been charged with stealing and selling 5,700 iPhones for a total of around $1.5M, reports AsiaOne.
Researchers in a pair of reports that surfaced this week claim to have successfully bypassed Apple’s Activation Lock security feature using a heretofore unknown bug, potentially leaving iPad and iPhone devices open to attack.
First-tier China-based smartphone vendors Huawei Technologies, Oppo, Vivo and BBK, due to concerns that Apple may monopolize supplies of smartphone-use AMOLED panels from Samsung Display and Japan-based makers in the future, will cooperate with China-based flexible panel maker Royole to form a consortium for joint investment in local flexible AMOLED production in 2017, according to China-based media reports — as noted by DigiTimes.
Apple wrote on its Chinese website that an ongoing issue with iPhone 6s shutdowns is due to a small number of devices made in September and October 2015 contained a battery component that was exposed to controlled ambient air longer than it should have been before being assembled into battery packs.
In nine markets, Apple will soon move to using local currencies on the App Store, according to an official notice to developers.
