Apple's Global Supply Chain

Major US wireless carrier that resells iPhones on installment plans, a primary retail channel for Apple hardware.

Top US wireless carrier and a major iPhone sales channel through subsidized upgrade and trade-in programs.

Designs the iPhone, Mac, iPad, and its own Apple silicon, then coordinates a vast Asian manufacturing network to build them at scale.

Apple's largest contract manufacturer, assembling the majority of iPhones at massive campuses across China and India.

Fast-rising Chinese assembler of AirPods and a growing share of iPhones, deepening Apple's China manufacturing exposure.

Exclusive foundry for Apple's A-series and M-series chips, fabricating them on its most advanced process nodes.

Supplies OLED displays, NAND/DRAM memory, and some chip fabrication for iPhones — a key supplier and rival at once.

Key DRAM and NAND flash memory supplier for iPhones, Macs, and iPads.

Near-monopoly supplier of the CMOS image sensors behind iPhone cameras.

Makes the Ceramic Shield and Gorilla Glass cover glass that protects iPhone displays.

Supplies the 5G modems that connect iPhones to cellular networks, even as Apple builds its own.

Provides Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and RF components under a multibillion-dollar Apple supply agreement.

Sole maker of the EUV lithography machines TSMC and Samsung need to fabricate Apple's most advanced chips.

Supplies the deposition and etch systems fabs use to build the transistors inside Apple's silicon.