New AirPods Max headphones are made in Vietnam

Tram Ho

In fact, when you read the newsletter, you will see this expressed quite clearly, but in terms of words, it is not 100% confirmed.

There is also a possibility that production of the AirPods Max takes place in both countries.

Specifically, the newsletter posted on Digitimes has the following content:

Apple’s new earbuds, the AirPods Max, are made by Chinese-based companies Luxshare Precision Industry and Goertek, according to industry sources.

These Chinese manufacturers beat out their Taiwanese rivals to win AirPods Max orders, even though Inventec Appliances was believed to have been involved in the device’s early development.

Inventec Appliance, the lead maker of AirPods Pro, declined to comment on specific customers. But they once said that they will continuously develop diversified production lines to meet the needs of different customers and achieve the objectives of their diversification strategy.

Sources say that both Luxshare and Goertek are manufacturing AirPods Max at their factories in Vietnam, a sign that Apple is accelerating relocation of related supply chains out of China

For the past few years, Apple has been seeking to reduce its dependence on China, and it has increasingly stepped up this in the midst of the US-China trade war initiated by the Trump administration. chant. Apple also faces many accusations of violating labor laws in the world’s most populous country.

Apple’s reliance on China has put them in an increasingly difficult position in terms of PR, because Apple will be forced to accept the strict laws of this country.

Tai nghe AirPods Max mới được sản xuất tại Việt Nam - Ảnh 1.

Digitimes continues:

In 2017, the Chinese government asked Apple to remove the New York Times app from the Chinese App Store; Apple approved. Later that year, China forced Apple to remove more than 400 VPN apps from the App Store; Apple. Obviously followed.

Also in 2017, China’s Ministry of Public Security asked Apple to remove Skype; This Cupertino-based company is once again in compliance. Next, the company continued to remove the Quartz news app; That is not to mention that they also banned a protest-related application in Hong Kong.

Even more controversial, China introduced a new law in 2017 that requires foreign companies to use Chinese companies to store user data. That means Apple must partner with a company here to store iCloud data. Apple claims the data is encrypted and only holds the decryption key, but there are doubts surrounding this issue. And even if Apple requires a subpoena to allow Chinese law enforcement to access user data, that’s only superficial in China.

Therefore, finding ways to bring the production lines of the latest products out of China is perfectly reasonable that Apple will want to do.

Reference: 9to5mac

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