Apple has been making iPhones in India since 2016. The company has been reducing its reliance on China for the last few years due to many reasons. Hence, India has quickly become an emerging manufacturing destination for the Cupertino-based tech giant. While production of previous iPhones commenced a few months after their launch, this year marked the first time the non-pro iPhone 15 models were manufactured in the country ahead of their debut. Additionally, Apple also sold Made in India iPhone 15 variants on the launch day. Now a new report courtesy of the reliable Ming-Chi Kuo reveals interesting details.
Apple to double iPhone 17 production in India
As per a past report earlier this year, Apple has been planning to increase its iPhone manufacturing capacity in India to 25 percent. The latest development from Ming-Chi Kuo also echoes the same. The Cupertino-based tech giant aims to double up its iPhone production capacity in the country. Kuo believes that currently 12-14 percent of the global iPhone shipments in 2023 are made in India units. This would eventually be increased to 20-25 percent.
The striking bit about the latest development is that Apple will start the iPhone 17 production in India in the second half of 2024. This will mark the first time, the company will begin the manufacturing of a new iPhone model outside China. Kuo reveals that Apple selected the base iPhone 17 because of the lower difficulty associated with design and development thus reducing the risk and error. The iPhone 17 series is expected to launch in Fall 2025.
Additionally, Kuo also adds that Foxconn which is Apple’s largest contract manufacturer will slash its iPhone production capacity in Zhengzhou and Taiyuan facilities by 35 – 45 and 75-85 percent respectively. The report comes at a time when Tata Group has acquired Wistron which was Apple’s previous contract manufacturer in India with the former expected commence the production of iPhones from the country for the domestic as well as global markets within two and a half years.
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