Apple Begins Manufacturing iPhone In India

jayc
2022-04-14

$Apple(AAPL)$has started manufacturing the iPhone 13 in India, Reuters reports.

Apple produced the iPhone at a local plant of Apple's Taiwanese contract manufacturer $Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. Ltd.(HNHAF)$, operating as Foxconn in Sriperumbudur in Southern Tamil Nadu.

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Apple shifted some areas of iPhone production from China to other markets, including India, the world's second-biggest smartphone market, to reduce reliance on its Chinese supply chain.

Apple also looked to assemble iPad tablets in India.

Apple launched manufacturing operations in India in 2017 with the iPhone SE with the iPhone 13 marking its fourth model.

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Comments

  • megapaul
    2022-04-14
    megapaul
    Supply chain is a challenge for manufacturing in China during this lock down period. Always good to have a BCP in place.
  • Miketee74
    2022-04-14
    Miketee74
    Just buy and hold 😃
  • CYLiew
    2022-04-14
    CYLiew
    Stop and Start again
  • kimC
    2022-04-14
    kimC
    cheap labour, try singapore [Sly]
  • Zeniv
    2022-04-14
    Zeniv
    thanks for sharing
  • setia100
    2022-04-14
    setia100
    No labour exploitation issues ❓🤔
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