What Apple’s most costly telephones price Apple, an Apple provider plans enlargement in India, and Apple points many minor OS updates.
Replace: A brand new model of Google Photographs is out to resolve the crashes customers skilled after the iOS 16.3.1 replace. It’s accessible now on the App Retailer.
Counterpoint Analysis Estimates BoM on iPhone 14 Professional Max at $464
In reward of Apple’s enterprise acumen — Counterpoint Analysis has printed an estimated bill-of-materials for the iPhone 14 Professional Max. You’ll little doubt be stunned to seek out, making one prices Apple considerably lower than shopping for one prices you.
Cult of Mac has written up the Counterpoint findings. In keeping with that, items and components for a 128GB iPhone 14 Professional Max price Apple ~$464. That’s about three-and-a-half-percent greater than a comparable 13 Professional Max from the final cycle, however method decrease than the $1,099 the machine would run the typical John or Jane.
Working down components costs:
- The costliest bits are the A16 processor and the 6.1-inch, always-on show. Every of these accounts for about 20% of the entire bill-of-materials.
- Items for mobile connectivity account for 13%.
- The digital camera accounts for 11%.
- Then there’s the “Different” class, making up 36%. Cult of Mac says that class contains the casing, the battery, the storage, the Taptic Engine, and… effectively… “different” stuff.
So what? The remainder is gravy? No, after all not. Not included within the bill-of-materials are meeting prices, advertising and marketing, R&D, software program, and certain a lot extra that may by no means happen to us mere mortals. Not that they’re operating at break-even both. Final quarter — the one the place the corporate didn’t have practically sufficient items to satisfy demand… “In the course of the fourth quarter of 2022,” Cult of Mac has Counterpoint stating that “Apple took in 48% of the income of complete smartphone market, and made 85% of the entire revenue…”
Finnish iPhone Element Provider Rising Presence in India
Whereas Apple is fond of claiming that iPhone is made in all places, “in all places” appears to be converging on India. AppleInsider says Finnish Apple provider Salcomp is seeking to considerably develop its presence on the subcontinent.
In keeping with the report, Salcomp makes chargers in addition to components for smartphones. It’s already acquired a plant in Chennai, using ~12,000. However that quantity might greater than double within the subsequent three-years.
Sasikumar Gendham, managing director of Salcomp Manufacturing India, says the transfer is being pushed by numerous points with China. These embody the years of pressure between China and the U.S. in addition to the difficulties tied to COVID lockdowns. In keeping with the exec:
The entire provide chain is now form of an alternate… India is poised to be the most effective alternate options. Everybody is aware of that the entire world has been relying on this one nation (China) over the previous couple of many years and it’s time to actually diversify and decluster.
Although the piece contains no feedback from Apple, Salcomp’s Ghendam says his firm holds a “important function” in Apple’s provide chain. To that finish they’re making a big funding within the area. “Beneath Salcomp’s plans,” the piece says:
…the agency might be establishing a housing complicated for about 15,000 folks, one that may embody leisure and training amenities for the employees.
It’ll additionally embody an opportunity to make extra scratch for Salcomp. AppleInsider has Salcomp Manufacturing India anticipating income to develop from at the moment’s half-a-billion {dollars} to the billion-dollar degree “inside years.”
Apple Points Many Minor OS Updates
A slew of small however mighty updates from Apple to begin the week. We’ll begin with the updates for iOS and iPadOS. For iOS 16.3.1, a bit from MacRumors has Apple saying the replace:
…supplies essential bug fixes and safety updates to your iPhone together with:
- iCloud settings could also be unresponsive or incorrectly show if apps are utilizing iCloud
- Siri requests for Discover My could not work
- Crash Detection optimizations on iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Professional fashions
The Crash Detection optimizations will undoubtedly be welcomed by emergency providers in ski nation. First responders in components of the U.S. and different snowy patches on the planet have been burdened with inaccurate crash calls from units on individuals who’ve not crashed, however are the truth is snowboarding or snowmobiling.
As for iPadOS 16.3.1, it does the identical stuff the iOS replace does — minus the Crash Detection stuff. In any other case, a bit from iDownloadBlog says it has the identical iCloud and Siri fixies as its iPhone-centric counterpart.
On the floor, macOS Ventura 13.2.1 doesn’t appear to do lots. A chunk from iDownloadBlog says it brings “essential bug fixes and safety updates to your Mac.” It seems although, the safety fixes for the three working techniques talked about to this point are form of a giant deal.
The Fixes (and a Break) Are In
A chunk from MacRumors says the fixes within the iOS, iPadOS, and macOS updates repair one safety downside which will already be a goal of ne’er-do-wells. “In keeping with Apple’s safety notes,” in accordance with MacRumors:
…the software program fixes a WebKit difficulty that would enable maliciously crafted internet content material to lead to arbitrary code execution. Apple says that it’s “conscious of a report that this difficulty could have been actively exploited.”
So, you’ll in all probability wish to bounce on these updates, except you’re heavy into the Google Photographs App. One more piece from MacRumors says the iOS 16.3.1 replace spent the day borking Google Photographs on iPhone and iPad. Anyway, that’s the phrase from folks on the road. The piece says:
A number of reviews on social media complain concerning the difficulty, which The Verge additionally highlighted. It seems that the Google Photographs app is crashing immediately when iPhone and iPad customers try and open it after upgrading to the newest software program.
So, you wish to be secure from a vulnerability that seems to be underneath lively exploit, On the identical time, you need entry to your photographs in Google Photographs. I suppose you’ll should resolve which weighs extra. MacRumors says:
There isn’t a phrase on when the issue might be mounted, and whether or not a repair requires an replace to the Google Photographs app or could be accomplished server aspect.
‘sup HomePod?
HomePods new and previous, large and small acquired replace love on Monday. Once more we flip to MacRumors, which had Apple releasing HomePod software program 16.3.2. In keeping with Apple:
This replace addresses a problem the place asking Siri for good house requests could fail, and in addition contains normal efficiency and stability enhancements.
And the Relaxation…
Rounding out the updates, there’s little data accessible on the watchOS 9.3.1 replace, nor on tvOS 16.3.2. One piece from MacRumors says the previous contains “bug fixes and essential safety updates,” whereas a bit on the latter says even much less. Whereas Apple had apparently mentioned nothing concerning the replace by the point MacRumors wrote about it, a go to to the tvOS help doc had the corporate saying that tvOS 16.3.2 “contains normal efficiency and stability enhancements.”
And what of the safety aspect? Onerous to say whether or not the tvOS replace can have any, although there’s no reference to safety in Apple’s tiny notice. Whereas the watchOS notice does point out a safety repair or fixes, such fixes weren’t up on Apple’s Safety Updates website as of this writing.
Microsoft Engaged on ChatGPT Integration for Cell Apps
And at last at the moment, when you’re eager to get chatty with Bing in your iPhone, your likelihood is seemingly coming “quickly.” Final week, Microsoft introduced the deliberate integration of some ChatGPT performance into the Edge browser in addition to the Bing search engine. That announcement was adopted by a waitlist, which appears to have began shifting. Whereas “the primary customers are having access to the potential,” it’s presently conventional computer-only, it appears. A chunk from 9to5Mac has Mr. Softy indicating that help for iOS and Android is just not “prepared but.”
However — you realize… go forward and go cell anyway! The piece quotes the corporate’s message to early adopters, saying:
We don’t have a cell expertise prepared but – – we’re actively engaged on it and can have it prepared quickly. Till then, please proceed to make use of the brand new Bing on desktop and obtain the Bing app out of your favourite app retailer to make sure you are prepared for the perfect expertise when cell is prepared.
In fact, a number of individuals are already there. 9to5Mac factors out that final week’s AI announcement despatched Microsoft’s iOS apps straight to the highest of Apple’s App Retailer. May sound like a bait-and-switch, although it might truly be a method for Microsoft to gage curiosity and reward those that have an interest. In keeping with the report, “Microsoft is allegedly giving customers who obtain the Bing app or set Bing as their search default on a PC precedence.” And curiosity does appear to be sturdy. Mr. Softy has mentioned that “thousands and thousands” of people-in-waiting might be admitted to the performance “over the following few weeks.”
Right this moment on The Mac Observer’s Day by day Observations Podcast
TMO Managing Editor Jeff Butts joins me to hit a couple of factors in Apple’s Monday updates. Plus: Why it’s method too early to speak about Apple going for the rights to the NBA. That’s all at the moment on the Day by day Observations Podcast from The Mac Observer.
