FRANKFURT: Dialog Semiconductor on Monday said top customer Apple could design its own power-management chips rather than rely on the Anglo-German chipmaker but said it saw no impact on its business next year.
Shares in Dialog, which analysts reckon derives more than half of its revenue from Apple, lost more than a fifth last week following a media report that Apple could design its own power management integrated circuits (PMICs) for use in iPhones as soon as 2018.
“Dialog recognizes Apple has the resources and capability to internally design a PMIC and could potentially do so in the next few years,” Dialog Semiconductor said. “Dialog does not have reason to believe its current expectations of 2018 Apple business would be impacted by such potential actions by Apple.”
Dialog shares were 4.7 percent lower at 0825 GMT, the biggest decliners among stocks in Frankfurt’s technology index , which was up 0.6 percent.
The Nikkei business daily last week quoted one source as saying Apple would make about half the iPhone’s power-management chips starting next year, with another source saying this could be delayed until 2019. (http://s.nikkei.com/2Al5nSl)
Dialog, itself heavily reliant on the smartphone industry, said it was aware that in order to remain a key supplier to Apple it would have to continue to meet the US company’s “technology, quality, price and volume expectations.”
Dialog says Apple can build its own power-management chips
Dialog says Apple can build its own power-management chips
Apple to update EU browser options, make more apps deletable
- iPhone maker came under pressure from regulators to make changes after the EU’s sweeping Digital Markets Act took effect on March 7
- Apple users will be able to select a default browser directly from the choice screen after going through a mandatory list of options
STOCKHOLM: Apple will change how users choose browser options in the European Union, add a dedicated section for changing default apps, and make more apps deletable, the company said on Thursday.
The iPhone maker came under pressure from regulators to make changes after the EU’s sweeping Digital Markets Act took effect on March 7, forcing big tech companies to offer mobile users the ability to select from a list of available web browsers on a “choice screen.”
The new rules require mobile software makers to show the choice screen where users can select a browser, search engine and virtual assistant as they set up their phones, which earlier came with preferred options from Apple and Google.
In an update later this year, Apple users will be able to select a default browser directly from the choice screen after going through a mandatory list of options.
A randomly ordered list of 12 browsers per EU country will be shown to the user with short descriptions, and the chosen one will be automatically downloaded, Apple said. The choice screen will also be available on iPads through an update later this year.
Apple released a previous update in response to the new rules in March, but browser companies criticized the design of its choice screen, and the Commission opened an investigation on March 25 saying it suspected that the measures fell short of effective compliance.
The company said it has been in dialogue with the European Commission and believes the new changes will address regulators’ concerns.
It also plans to introduce a dedicated area for default apps where a user will be able to set defaults for messaging, phone calls, spam filters, password managers and keyboards.
Users will also be able to delete certain Apple-made apps such as App Store, Messages, Camera, Photos and Safari. Only Settings and Phone apps would not be deletable.
