Apple has changed the method of purchasing components for smartphones from suppliers. This is reported by Edition The Elec.
Corporation through partners bought special equipment from the South Korean company to check the qualities of the cameras from the South Korean firm. The new system will check whether lenses of wide-angle, ultra-widehold and telephoto lenses are correctly aligned, as well as optical equipment. The report says that defective optics can directly affect the quality of smartphones.
According to acquaintances with the situation of sources, Earlier, Apple purchased modules for cameras from partners LG Innotek, Sharp and O’Film. Firms supplied lenses collected and in full. Now the American corporation will acquire them separately and check the quality of each component. According to experts, with the transition to a new more favorable supply format, the company actually learned to save on the assembly of cameras for smartphones.
Check the quality of the equipment will be used by Foxconn, which is a long-standing partner Apple and one of the main iPhone assemblers. The estimated amount that the company will save at the production of each phone, is not disclosed.
In April, Apple reported that due to the failure of the free charger in the iPhone kit, almost 900 thousand tons of metal saved. Also, thanks to the new approach, Tim Cook has reduced the amount of utilized waste by 39 thousand tons.