Apple iPhone 18 Pro supplier list, parts and photos exposed in Tata data leak
Key takeaways
- The exposure threatens the carefully negotiated business of building the i Phone, which Apple assembles from a thicket of suppliers worldwide.
- Apple is reportedly on track to release its iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max in September.
- They also included documents of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co and Qualcomm, both of which make parts used in iPhones.
Why this matters: local context for readers following news across Pakistan and the region.
Add ARY News on Google AAResize Sensitive lists of components and suppliers, and photos of Apple’s upcoming i Phone 18 Pro models are part of files posted on the dark web by the ransomware group that stole data from the U.S. firm’s Indian supplier Tata Electronics, according to documents and a source.
The exposure threatens the carefully negotiated business of building the i Phone, which Apple assembles from a thicket of suppliers worldwide. It could also upset Apple and its relationship with Tata given most of the supplier arrangements are fiercely protected by Apple, and could also hand rivals, counterfeiters and its own vendors a view of who makes what.
Tata, which both supplies parts and assembles iPhones as a contract manufacturer, is emerging as one of Apple’s most important manufacturing partners outside China, an expansion that is a cornerstone of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s push to make India an electronics manufacturing powerhouse.