Recent years have required major changes and reconsiderations of strategies in some of the world’s richest companies. In the technology industry, the constants have been scarcity and the search for solutions, and that is why Apple now seems determined to reduce its dependence in production lines chinese. The Silicon Valley giant has confirmed that iPhones are also now being manufactured in IndiaAnd not just in the far east.
According to The Wall Street Journal, Apple executives have confirmed that the current generation of its most current phones, the iPhone 13already has production chains in India, in charge, according to Reuters sources, of the multinational Foxconn.
The place where the factories linked to Apple are operating is Sriperumbudura city located in the state of Tamil Nadu, in the extreme south of the country.
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The iPhone from China to India: it will not be overnight
Production diversification plans at Apple have been hit hard in the last two years. Even so, Cupertino has managed to stay in the priority of some of the key manufacturers for the manufacture of phones (such as with TSMC), but has finally decided to move away from its centralization in China, where labor contracts have not improved in recent years. decades.
Unfortunately, the process will be long. According to calculations of CounterpointResearch, 95.3% of Apple’s total production globally in 2021 was manufactured in China, while only 3.1% operated in India. By 2022, the Tamil contribution is estimated to reach 7%.
What does India need to make more iPhones?
Analysts say the greatest urgency for India to become a logistics powerhouse for Cupertino is investment in key areas such as infrastructure and shipping, as well as approving more trade deals with Western countries.
Meanwhile, Apple hopes to open its first retail store in india in mid-2022, when the country celebrates its independence from British rule.