iPhone 12 Assembly Starts in India, Apple Announces

The Indian unit of Apple's Taiwanese contract manufacturer Foxconn will assemble iPhone 12 in its plant in southern Tamil Nadu, as per sources.

By Reuters | Updated: 11 March 2021 18:16 IST

iPhone 12 Assembly Starts in India, Apple Announces

Apple has been shifting some areas of production from China to other markets as it navigates trade war

Highlights

Foxconn will assemble the device in its plant in Tamil Nadu state
Apple has bet big on India since it begin iPhone assembly in India
Apple is also planning to bring the assembly of its iPad tablet to India

Apple has started the assembly of iPhone 12 in India, the US tech giant said, as the company ramps up manufacturing operations in the world's second-biggest smartphone market.

"We are proud to be starting production of iPhone 12 in India for our local customers," Apple said in a statement on Thursday, without naming the supplier making the smartphone.

The Indian unit of Apple's Taiwanese contract manufacturer Foxconn will assemble the device in its plant in southern Tamil Nadu state, two sources familiar with the matter said.

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Foxconn did not immediately respond to a request for comment, but has previously said it does not comment on client-specific work.

Apple has been shifting some areas of production from China to other markets as it navigates the trade war between Washington and Beijing. A person familiar with the matter said in November Foxconn is moving some iPad and MacBook assembly to Vietnam from China at its request.

Cupertino, California-headquartered Apple has bet big on India since it begin iPhone assembly in the country in 2017 via another Taiwanese supplier, Wistron.

Foxconn, Wistron, and a third supplier Pegatron have together committed roughly $900 million (roughly Rs. 6,540 crore) over five years to make iPhone models in India, leveraging New Delhi's $6.7 billion (roughly Rs. 48,660 crore) plan to boost smartphone exports.

Apple is also planning to bring the assembly of its iPad tablet to India, Reuters reported last month.

"Nice to see our efforts to make India a big hub of mobile and components manufacturing is attracting global attention," India's technology minister Ravi Shankar Prasad tweeted following news of iPhone 12 production in India.

"This will create jobs in large numbers."

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