News on the margin the week of November 19-26

Where does the iPhone manufacturing money go? And Apple continues to challenge Facebook, accusing its chief of security of bribing police, relocating manufacturing in Vietnam and other news in the sidelines.

IPhone manufacturing cost to whom?

A Japanese report revealed the costs of manufacturing the iPhone 12 Pro (the cost of parts, not research and development, transportation, warranty, taxes, etc.) and said it amounted to $ 406. The report said that the largest share of this amount, specifically 26.8%, goes to South Korea, then 21.9% to Europe, 21.9% to America, 13.6% to Japan, and 11.1% to Taiwan, while China collects only 4.6% of this amount. The report said that for the iPhone 11 last year, South Korea's share was the largest, 9.1%, while America's share was less than 3.9%.

The report shows that China's revenue from manufacturing iPhone parts is less than 5%.

Apple asks Foxconn to transfer some assembly to Vietnam

Reuters revealed that Apple had asked Foxconn to transfer part of the assembly of iPads and MacBooks from China to Vietnam. The report said Foxconn is already building an assembly plant in Vietnam and is expected to be completed in the first half of next year. Apple asked the company that its devices be transported for assembly in this new factory. This is in the desire of Apple to take out as much of its hardware manufacturing as possible outside of China, in order to reduce the impact of the economic war between China and America on Apple's production lines.

Apple: We will continue with privacy and tracking prevention steps

After several reports, I talked that Apple intends to provide a new update for the privacy features, in which Apple will tell the user when companies and websites want to track him, something that has sparked Facebook criticism. Craig Fedrigi, Apple Vice President, said that the next steps in the matter of privacy are essential from Apple and that it will not prevent anyone from collecting data, but rather leave the choice for the user as he decides what he wants to do with his privacy; Craig said that privacy is always focused on Apple. He gave the example of Steve Jobs, explaining on the Apple II computer how you can secure your privacy on the Floppy Disk, "This device appeared in 1977 and continued into the early XNUMXs." And Craig said that with every step some companies say "in reference to Facebook" that Their business will collapse and they will lose, but over time you find that nothing happens and their business is booming.

Accusing the chief of Apple's security service of paying bribes to the US police

A press report said that a police official in St. Clara County, “where Apple is based,” has suspended 4 weapon-carrying permits for Apple's security team and demanded that they donate 200 iPads to the police; Instead of Apple reporting that it was subjected to blackmail and demanding bribes, it charged the head of Apple's security apparatus to solve this matter, which now exposes him to the charge of paying bribes to a government employee. Apple defended the head of its security apparatus and said that it investigated the matter and found no wrongdoing, and confirmed the innocence of its employee from this charge. Muir’s attorneys said that what is happening and these accusations is a political struggle that takes place between the city’s attorney general and the police chief, and as a result, Apple has been accused because a party believes that Apple’s donation helps the police chief in the ongoing power struggle.

The redesign of the MacBook Pro is coming the second half of 2021

Analyst Ming-Chi Kuo indicated that Apple intends to launch a new version of the MacBook with a new design in the second half of 2021, and the analyst did not clarify what these versions are, although previous analyzes of the analyst talked about the 14 and 16-inch version of the MacBook Pro. The report also showed that the new iPad Air received strong sales better than expected; The analyst said in his report that he expects further improvement next year for the iPad family, after support for Mini LED screens and 5G. As for the third generation of AirPods, it will come

Apple intends to launch an iPad Mini LED, then another OLED

A report by Korean newspapers revealed that Apple intends to launch the iPad Pro at the beginning of the year with a Mini LED screen, followed by the end of the year with the launch of other versions of OLED, which seems strange, which is also denied by analyst Ross Young, who responded to these expectations with one word, "No". But there may already be an intention for Apple to support the two technologies, for example the availability of versions of the iPad with a Mini LED screen and other OLEDs manufactured by Samsung and LG, and this is the secret of the contradiction in the rumors because you may find sources that Apple agree on OLED screens and others see agreements on Mini LED.

Chrome with M1 support is 80% faster than Rosetta 2

Last week we talked about Google support for M1 processor And updating it to Chrome, and we mentioned that this support means an improvement in speed and a reduction in battery consumption. To reach the extent of improvement, a performance test of Chrome was done by the Speedometer 2.0 test tool, which revealed 1 points for Chrome support for M210, while the Rosetta 2 version that does not support M1 and Apple runs it with the emulator achieved 116 points, which means an improvement of 80%. The great thing is that by testing the browser on an HP computer with a conventional Ryzen Pro 4750U, it scored 122 points. In other words, Chrome's performance on the M1 computers exceeds any other equivalent, whether on previous Mac computers or even Windows.

The first iPhone 6s and SE will not get iOS 15

Reports revealed that Apple decided that the iOS 14 system and its updates will be the latest version of the iPhone 6s and 6s Plus and the first iPhone SE, meaning that they will not get the iOS 15, which is expected to be revealed in the next 6 months. It is reported that the 6s was unveiled in September 2015 and was carrying iOS 9 at the time, and thus it will have received 6 years of updates (it will continue to get iOS 14 updates through 2021).

Watch a performance test between Mac M1 8GB and 16GB memory

It is known that Mac computers cannot modify their memory; So you have to choose whether to buy the 8 GB or 16 GB version. This video will test the two versions for you to see the difference in performance:

Mac M1 can run 6 screens

Mac computers with an M1 processor are not compatible with some modern screens because these screens include Intel processors and a device like the MacBook Pro can run two 4K or 5K screens, but the surprise is that the MacBook M1 can run 6K screen up to 60Hz, while Mac mini can run 6K screen and another 4K at the same time. But one professional has only experimented with running 4K screens, and it was surprising that he was able to connect 6 screens of different resolutions, FHD and 4K, on ​​a Mac mini. Watch the video

IFixit dismantles a MacBook with an M1 processor

The iFixit team disassembled the M1-processor MacBook Pro and MacBook Air to identify their internal components. Unusually, the site did not show the repair evaluation, but it appears from the pictures that it has become almost a battery and a motherboard that includes everything built into it. Watch the video for the disassembly process

Miscellaneous news

◉ Apple has extended the deadline granted to companies that use "online groups" in accordance with its standards, especially the criteria for in-app purchases and their numbers 3.1.1 and 3.1.3, to become the deadline of June 30, 2021.

◉ Apple revealed that Connect service employees will be on vacation from December 23 to December 27 and new applications cannot be sent during this period.

◉ Due to the problems that users faced while upgrading to Mac Big Sur, Apple has published a guide to explain tips for avoiding problems and ways to solve them.

◉ Apple has started providing the MacBook M1 Air version to US students for $ 799.

◉ A leaked internal memo revealed that Apple has ordered motherboards for the Mac Mini M1 that support 10GbE internet cables, and it is likely that this will be a version targeting companies.

◉ The ifixit team disassembled iPhone 12 Pro Max and gave it 6 out of 10 in easy repair like its siblings

◉ Apple has updated the Windows Migration Assistant, a tool that helps you transfer your files from Windows PC to Mac. The update came to support the Big Sur system.

◉ Apple unveiled Black Friday and Cyber ​​Monday offers and gift cards of up to $ 150 with your purchases. Offers start tomorrow, 27 November.

◉ AstroPad said that its screens now support m1, which enabled it to greatly improve Encode speed, as in the following image:

Twitter said that it will reopen the account verification request program starting from the beginning of next year.

◉ Some M1 laptop users have complained about Bluetooth connectivity problems.

◉ Apple has published a long list of excerpts from the thank you letters that it received from the developers after the decision to reduce the commission for them to 15% (for those who do not make a million dollars annually).

◉ Apple is currently facing problems in providing and manufacturing HomePod Mini, which made the expected delivery time appearing to some in Europe in January.

◉ A report revealed that Pegatron, a manufacturer of Apple companies, intends to build a $ 150 million plant in India

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