iPhone XS and XS Max with faulty Face ID are being offered by some private shops at prices VND2-3 million lower than nearly brand new (99 percent) products. However, their quality is questionable.

The ban will hit 181 apps but anyone already using a vaping program will be able to continue using it.

iPhone stores have received many orders for the iPhone 11, with 400 units are being sold each hour.

The first iPhone 11s have been available in the Vietnamese market since September 20. Unlike previous years, the selling prices of the next-generation iPhones are ‘very reasonable’.

Just several hours after iPhone 11 was introduced, big Vietnamese retailers began taking orders for devices.

To obtain an iPhone 11 Pro Max, Minh Long traded in an iPhone XS Max he bought four months ago, plus VND16 million.

Xiaomi takes over third place from Huawei in second quarter as top 2 remain unchanged.

Foxconn (Taiwan), TLC and Lenovo (China), Hanwa (South Korea) and Yokowo (Japan) are relocating their factories to Vietnam as a shelter from the ‘storm’ of the US-China trade war.

iPhone XS Max 64 GB was the best selling high-end mobile phone model in July, accounting for 16.5 percent of market share, according to GfK.

Retailers say iPhone 6S Plus is the second bestselling model among Apple’s products in Vietnam.

If Vietnam cannot prepare well to receive foreign technology conglomerates, they will come to Vietnam but will bring satellite businesses, ending up offering no jobs for Vietnamese.

Viettel has announced that it has been officially recognised by Apple as an eSim (embedded SIM) provider for iPhone device brands XS, XS Max and XR.

Apple has applied a new warranty policy which appears designed to eliminate unofficially distributed iPhones. It has also taken drastic measures to prevent the use of locked iPhones.

The move would lift the ambitions of a nation already well on its way to becoming a powerhouse maker of smartphones and other high-end gadgets.

iPhone users have complained that iOS 13 beta on their phone sets sometimes interferes with incoming calls.

JC-B1 devices can turn an old iPhone battery into new ones with false information cheating iOS and consumers.

Apple and Samsung are now controlling the high-end smartphone market segments. Other brands have disappeared.

According a Nikkei Asian Review report, Vietnam is among the most likely destinations for Apple to restructure its supply chain in.

Although iPhone retains its charm by the classy design, the sales of the US’s brand seems to slow down in the face of South Korea’s Samsung and China’s emerging Huawei Android smartphones which are less pricey but packed with breakthrough features.

Vietnam is among Apple’s favorites for smartphone diversification from China, according to Nikkei Asian Review.