Apple CEO John Ternus calls memory chip shortage an 'absolute crisis'

Apple chief executive John Ternus told TIME that "all options should be on the table" on memory chips and called the constraints "absolutely a crisis." The FT reported in July that Apple had begun testing Chinese-made memory, prompting bipartisan senators to warn of national security risks.

• Ternus became CEO on 1 September and is on TIME's cover with the iPhone Duo
• The iPhone Duo starts at $1,999 and deliveries have slipped into 2027
• Apple tested Chinese memory chips; US senators objected on security grounds
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