Morgan Stanley analyst Katy Huberty said she sees more upside potential than downside risk to her September quarter, or fiscal Q4, iPhone shipment estimate of 43M given August data points and recent iPhone 11 pre-order data. The latest data from the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology show that international vendor smartphone shipments, which Huberty sees as a rough proxy for iPhone performance in China, grew 21.5% year-over-year in the quarter-to-date through August, which the analyst said suggests the trajectory of quarterly iPhone shipment growth in China continues to improve. Data from push-messaging service provider Jiguang shows August was the eighth consecutive month Apple gained share of China's smartphone installed base on a year-over-year basis, added Huberty. She keeps an Overweight rating and $247 price target on Apple shares.

Apple plans to spend more than $250M on its regional hub in Singapore, including expanding its campus later in 2024, in an effort to reduce exposure to China and diversify its footprint in Asia, The Wall Street Journal's Amanda Lee reports. The expanded campus will run completely on renewable energy, according to the report. Reference Link

IHG Hotels & Resorts (IHG) launches Apple (AAPL) AirPlay in the first phase of hotel rooms, giving guests the ability to stream content privately and securely from their iPhone or iPad to the TV in their guest rooms. AirPlay is available at more than 60 hotels in North America, including properties like InterContinental Buckhead Atlanta, Hotel Indigo NYC Downtown - Wall Street and Holiday Inn & Suites Ottawa Kanata. IHG is the first hospitality company to provide AirPlay functionality as part of its in-room entertainment experience.

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Maxim initiated coverage of Apple with a Hold rating and $178 price target.

Apple will consider making some of its products in Indonesia as the company plans to ramp up investment in Vietnam, Kimberley Kao and Ben Otto of The Wall Street Journal reports. "We talked about the president's desire to see manufacturing in the country, and it's something that we will look at," CEO Tim Cook said at a press conference, according to state news agency Antara. Cook did not offer a timeline for the investment or say what form it could take. Reference Link

The U.K. plans to hold talks this month with Apple (AAPL), Meta (META), Alphabet (GOOGL) and others to push a voluntary charter granting parents more control of social media use by young teens, Bloomberg's Ellen Milligan reports. According to people familiar with the matter, ministers want to launch a consultation later this month to gauge ways of limiting the potential harm to children caused by social media, and the proposed voluntary charter may involve tech firms agreeing to alert parents when their children are repeatedly looking up disturbing content. Reference Link