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Apple’s design for the 20th-anniversary iPhone is apparently so ‘extraordinarily complex’ it must be made in China, report says


Apple is cooking up something “bold” for the occasion.

According to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman, the designs of these phones are "extraordinarily complex" and necessitate that they be built in China, rather than India, where Apple is reportedly moving most of its smartphone manufacturing as a result of Trump's tariffs. China, of course, is in the midst of a trade war with the U.S., in which the countries have been hitting each other with tariffs since Trump ramped up his attacks on what he believes are "unfair" practices from the world's second-largest economy. Earlier this month, Gurman said Apple was also working on a “bold new Pro model that makes more extensive use of glass.” For years, rumors have pointed to an iPhone that would be all screen with no display cutouts(like the “notch” on older iPhones, or Dynamic Island on current models) and notably no perceptible cutout for the camera, which would actually operate beneath the display layer so it looks like a single slab of glass.

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