Apple started exploring options to move more production outside of China a few years back as the technology giant is working on reducing its reliance on China for manufacturing products.

While the Cupertino-based giant has already moved a portion of iPhone production to India, a new report from CNBC claims that Apple is now also discussing moving some iPad manufacturing to India.

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As per the report, the company is currently in talks with Indian officials, but that are many hurdles that Apple needs to overcome for the plan to materialize, including having manufacturing expertise for the iPad models.

It has been emphasized that there are no concrete plans as of now, but the discussions about the possibility are ongoing. Since Apple is keen on expanding its manufacturing to other countries outside of China, iPad production could start in India if the issues are addressed.

But the path for this to happen isn’t easy as India lacks “highly skilled talent and individuals with expertise in building highly complex devices,” which could slow down Apple’s efforts, claims the report.

Apple has been manufacturing devices in India since 2017, when it began production of some older iPhone models, and since then, the company has been slowly expanding its production. The newly launched iPhone 14 models are the first flagship phones that are being manufactured in India.

Last week, it was reported that Apple has been working to reduce its presence in China for many years and has accelerated the plans to shift more production outside of China to countries like India and Vietnam and is actively telling suppliers to “plan more actively” for assembling iPhones in other countries.

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