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Editorial: No WSJ, Apple isn't stuck in China

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Editorial: No WSJ, Apple isn't stuck in China

After years of false reporting that demonstrated a complete lack of understanding of Apple's supply chain or even the value of its operational expertise, Tripp Mickle of the Wall Street Journal is back, this time with a story about how foolish Apple was to rely on Chinese manufacturing and how hopelessly desperate its plight now is, due to the coronavirus outbreak. He's wrong, here's why. 

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Note: I took this photo in 2014 from the 105th floor of a skyscraper hotel in Shenzhen, PRC, just north of Hong Kong on the southern border in one of China’s first Special Economic Zones, where the Communist Party has allowed significant capitalist …

Note: I took this photo in 2014 from the 105th floor of a skyscraper hotel in Shenzhen, PRC, just north of Hong Kong on the southern border in one of China’s first Special Economic Zones, where the Communist Party has allowed significant capitalist enterprise to flourish since 1980. That brought in massive international investment and has created a supply chain and a critical mass of specialized workers capable of running some of the world’s most advanced mass production facilities. Nothing like this exists in the United States, nor can it nor will it ever in the foreseeable future.

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Production flawgic: Apple's American-made Mac Pro isn't an exit from China

Apple is radically changing the design of the Mac Pro but still plans to continue building it in the United States. That doesn't mean, however, that it can do the same for everything else it makes. Here's a look at why.

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Production flawgic: Apple's American-made Mac Pro isn't an exit from China
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How Apple beat Samsung in the 2010 global ARM race

Apple hasn't been outpacing Samsung in mobile Application Processor design over the past decade simply due to a first-mover advantage or by just having smarter people designing its silicon. Here's a look at how Apple first snuck past a larger and more entrenched silicon rival to gain its lead in advanced mobile chips, and why it matters to the future of tech.

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How Apple beat Samsung in the 2010 global ARM race
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WSJ reported Apple was headed for a slump before one of the biggest rallies ever

As Apple gets ready to report its 2020 Q1 earnings, the Wall Street Journal has switched its gears from incessantly claiming that the company was 'headed for a prolonged slump' to backhandedly acknowledging that its own coverage of Apple has for years been totally wrong—albeit without taking any responsibly for its role in stringing together trite, false media narratives of doom that portrayed Apple as being on the verge of collapse. 

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WSJ reported Apple was headed for a slump before one of the biggest rallies ever
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Why Apple's supply chain is prepared for China's coronavirus

The outbreak of a new pneumonia variant infecting tens of thousands of people, currently centered in China, has stoked fears that Apple would be dramatically affected both from lost sales in its second most important market, and interruptions to its component supply chain.

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Why Apple's supply chain is prepared for China's coronavirus
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Editorial: Apple's impact from social distancing in 2020

Just a few months ago, Apple was gearing up to climb onto the gigantic shoulders of its blockbuster iPhone 11 launch to deliver another massive annual upgrade to its Macs, iPads, audio devices, wearables, and the upcoming new iPhone 12. Then the world ground to a halt in an unprecedented way. Here's how Apple can make the most positive impact possible in this year of social distancing.

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Editorial: Apple's impact from social distancing in 2020