For the primary time ever Apple is transferring some iPad manufacturing out of China and shifting it to Vietnam after strict Covid-19 lockdowns in and round Shanghai led to months of provide chain disruptions. The US firm has additionally requested a number of element suppliers to construct up their inventories to protect towards future shortages and provide snags, sources mentioned. China’s BYD, one of many main iPad assemblers, has helped Apple construct manufacturing strains in Vietnam and will quickly begin to produce a small variety of the tablets there, individuals with data of the matter mentioned. Apple has lengthy thought-about…