Apple has moved 7% of all iPhone production to India, well ahead of schedule

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in iPhone edited May 2023
Apple is reportedly ahead of schedule in its plans to move iPhone production to facilities in India, tripling its manufacturing there since 2021.

Mumbai, India
Mumbai, India

As part of its moves to reduce reliance on China, Apple has already been reported to be ultimately aiming at making 25% of all iPhones in India. At this stage, however, Spring 2023 was expected to see it achieve 5%, and that has reportedly been exceeded.

According to Bloomberg, Apple now makes almost 7% of its iPhones in the country. That's over $7 billion worth of iPhones in the last fiscal year.

It's also an increase over Bloomberg's previous estimate of 6.5 million iPhones for the period.

Apple uses a series of partners in India, including Foxconn and Pegatron. Unspecified sources in a manufacturer told Bloomberg, that firms have been adding assembly lines at a rapid pace over the past year.

Separately, Apple and Foxconn have been lobbying India's government for labor reform that would mean factories could run two shifts, and so operate 24 hours a day.

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  • Reply 1 of 4
    tipootipoo Posts: 1,142member
    Good.  
     
    An imperfect but non-expansionist democracy is far far better than the CCP. 
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  • Reply 2 of 4
    waveparticlewaveparticle Posts: 1,497member
    tipoo said:
    Good.  
     
    An imperfect but non-expansionist democracy is far far better than the CCP. 
    Then why India is far behind China now? Irrational ideology. 
  • Reply 3 of 4
    tipoo said:
    Good.  
     
    An imperfect but non-expansionist democracy is far far better than the CCP. 
    Then why India is far behind China now? Irrational ideology. 
    I think it's completely rational from a geopolitical perspective for Apple. There's rising tension between the two super powers and I think moving production to Indian would help secure Apple without any production disruptions. 
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