Month: June 2016

Apple Pay Starts to Support Major Banks in Singapore

Apple Pay gets more popular in different countries across the world. While U.S. iPhone users are in love with this payment system – users from other parts of the globe are only getting used to Apple Pay in Singapore, China, Australia and other places.

The Cupertino-based giant is getting better support from different banks. For example, the company recently added more Apple Pay banks Singapore names to the list. It is now supported by five biggest local banks. The list includes UOB, POSB, OCBC Bank and two more financial institutions: Standard Chartered Bank and DBS Bank.

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All these banks account for most credit / debit cards in Singapore. They issue over 80% of all MasterCard and Visa cards in this country and the support for Apple Pay service means that most iPhone customers who live here can leaved their wallets at home and securely shop with their smartphone only.

Apple Pay works similar to most mobile payment systems however it has one main advantage. You can pay directly from your iPhone within just seconds. It is curious that Singapore saw the launch of Apple Pay only in April 2016. The service only supported American Express cards and is now accepting MasterCard, American Express and Visa debit and credit cards through more than 30,000 retail points across the country.

Where can you pay with Apple Pay in Singapore? We’ll name some of the most popular places. Starbucks, Cold Storage retail network, Uniqlo outlet and other retail points are now happy to accept the payments directly from iPhone’s Pay.

Robots Now Help to Assemble iPhones in China

Apple has been working with Foxconn for a long while. This year iPhone assembly line gets some interesting changes. The Chinese factory decided it’s time for robots to replace thousands of workers. Maybe this way the factory will be able to meet future high demand for next iPhone lineup.

Can you imagine iPhone SE assembled in China with robots? The Chinese factory located in Kunshan reduced the number of workers from 110,000 to 50,000 people. The rest 60,000 workers were replaced by robots.

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Foxconn is working with different Apple products. It helps manufacturing iPhones and other gadgets. The list includes iPad models, different Mac machines and others. This is the reason why Foxconn has so many factory workers all across China. No matter how many people are helping to assemble iPhones – Apple is often in need for more devices. There are times when the demand for new generation iPhone is so high that the company cannot meet the demand and has to postpone shipment times.

Right now Foxconn is in search for more real workers because it has to finish assembling enough iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus models. However the idea to replace workers with robots could help the company in the future as it could roll out more machines when needed.

Kunshan factory is the first one to deploy robots. Other companies are planning to follow the trend and replace their workers with iPhone assembling robots.