Smart wearables maker Noise has announced its plans to focus the bulk of its smartwatch production in India. The smart wearables brand says it will produce up to 90% of its smartwatches locally in India. The company also released a digital film that highlighted its journey to the top of the Indian smartwatch market.

Noise is India’s topmost smartwatch brand, with an array of products across several strata. Noise says it is the first brand to ship over 3 million Indian-made smartwatches to the global market. It says that the Made in India, Made for India drive started with its dream to revolutionize the wearable market. Noise is also the first local brand that successfully localized smartwatch production in the subcontinent.

The Noise brand film to mark this year’s Republic Day highlights the details and efforts of the company’s engineers and technicians in making the perfect Indian-centric smartwatch. Its smartwatches resonate with the demands of the Indian audience while maintaining global standards. Noise also notes the high-quality and seamless experience that proceeds from using its smartwatches in India. Noise says it is grateful to be a part of the fast-paced wearables industry at the heart of India’s local content strategy. It says it takes pride in understanding and fulfilling the core needs of its customers in an innovative manner.

Noise is a foremost player in the fast-evolving wearables market in India. Its lineup of wearables includes audio accessories. It has continued to blossom in the global space with rising shipments of its wearables abroad.

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Three popular Chinese brands are reportedly in talks with Indian phone manufacturers about making phones locally and selling them to the global markets. As per a Bloomberg report, this decision comes after considering the cash incentives that the local phone makers get.

Will we get assembled in India phones?

The three brands in question are Xiaomi, Oppo, and Vivo, some of the largest Chinese smartphone makers. As per the report, these companies are in discussion with two of the well-known Indian manufacturers. Xiaomi is following up with Dixon Technologies, while Oppo and Vivo are in talks with Lava. If the plan succeeds, we expect to see phones from Xiaomi, Oppo, and Vivo labeled with the ‘Assembled in India‘ tag.

Reportedly, these brands want to take advantage of cash incentives available to local phone makers like Lava and Dixon. With the incentive benefits, the company may be able to offer affordable products in India. The phone prices may vary for the other markets getting these India-assembled devices.

Both Lava and Dixon technologies are said to be aimed at boosting India’s competitiveness and making the country a hub for electronics production. If all goes as planned, this process could start as early as this year.

As for now, company officials from these three brands are likely to visit the Indian factories soon.

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India is apparently planning on offering more than 1 billion US Dollars to each semiconductor based firm that sets up its manufacturing facility within the country. The news arrives as the government seeks to strengthen its electronics supply chain and build on its existing smartphone assembly industry.

According to a Reuters report, two officials close to the matter the move from the local government is a part of the Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ‘Make in India’ initiative. This drive has led to the region becoming the world’s second-largest smartphone manufacturer after China. Now, the government believes that the country needs to also seek a similar strategy to bring manufacturing sites from chip-making based firms.

As per a senior government official, “The government will give cash incentives of more than $1 billion to each company which will set up chip fabrication units. We’re assuring them that the government will be a buyer and there will also be mandates in the private market (for companies to buy locally made chips).” Although, it has yet to be decided how these cash incentives will be given out and the government has asked the industry for feedback as well, as per the second source from the government.

At the moment, governments across the globe have been subsidizing the semiconductor industry and the construction of chips making plants. This is especially important during this time when the world is facing a global shortage of semiconductors. The shortage also highlights that the reliance of various nations on Taiwanese suppliers. Notably, the official also added that the chips made locally will be designed as “trusted sources,” which will be used in various equipment ranging from security to networking.

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India is a very big market for several brands including Xiaomi. The Chinese technology company is not only a leader in the Indian smartphone market but has also topped the smart TV market for 10 consecutive quarters. Today, the manufacturer announced that practically all its phones and smart TVs sold in the country are made there, thanks to the Indian government’s “Made in India” initiative.

In a post shared on its official blog, Xiaomi India said it was one of the early adopters of the current Prime Minister’s “Made in India” initiative. Some of its phones were already being made in the country via its manufacturing partners – Foxconn and Flex and it has added more over the years.

Today, it announced that it is adding two more manufacturing partners to ramp up the production of its smartphones in the country. The first is DBG which has set up a plant in Haryana while the other is BYD which will be setting up a plant in Tamil Nadu. Xiaomi says the former has already increased its monthly manufacturing capacity by about 20% while BYD is also expected to make a significant contribution once it begins operations later this year.

Strengthening our commitment to #MakeinIndia @XiaomiIndia
5+ Years of #MakeinIndia
2 new EMS partners – DBG & BYD, 20% capacity
~75% of value of phone is now locally sourced (components)
New Smart TV manufacturing partner – Radiant
60K+ employment generated https://t.co/McyKngSsPS

— Muralikrishnan B (@hawkeye) February 25, 2021

#Mi For #India

99% of the smartphones & 75% of the value of the smartphones #MadeInIndia: probably highest in the industry.

Ramping up local manufacturing of components: PCBA, sub board, camera module, battery, back panel, USB, chargers & more.

I #MakeInIndia https://t.co/xWs5qSwKUG pic.twitter.com/Aa4iSNL0rL

— Manu Kumar Jain (@manukumarjain) February 25, 2021

Xiaomi (Mi India) has not only focused on manufacturing but also on the sourcing of smartphone components. The press release revealed that key components such as PCBAs, sub-board, camera module, battery, back panels, USB cables, chargers, and boxes are sourced locally or locally made in India. Some of these components are said to be manufactured by companies such as Sunny India, NVT, Salcomp, LY Tech, and Sunvoda.

The tech giant has also onboarded a new TV manufacturing partner called Radiant Technology. The new partner has a plant located in Telangana and has helped Xiaomi achieve a 100% target of locally made smart TVs.

The addition of these new factories also means the company’s workforce has increased. Xiaomi says its partners provided employment for 10,000 new workers last year, thus bringing its extended workforce to a total of 60,000.

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UPDATE: 
The original report stated inaccurately that Micromax was manufacturing Smart TVs for the below-mentioned brands. That report has since been rectified to reflect the correct information and accordingly, we have updated this article.

Updated Story below. 

The smart TV segment is booming in India. Affordable realme and Redmi branded TVs’ popularity is an example of it. Recently, they have achieved exceptional sales during the festive season in the country. As a result, apart from other players like OnePlus, TCL, BPL, we also witnessed brands like Inifinix foray into the Smart TV segment. Now, a report by the Mobile Indian says these TVs are going to be manufactured by an Indian company, Bhagwati Products Ltd.

Citing its sources, the report says that Bhagwati Products Limited has started making TVs for realme, OnePlus, Infinix, TCL, and BPL in India. In case you don’t know, Bhagwati Products makes Mobile Phones, Smart TVs, ACs, PCBs, and more. It manufactures products for Micromax too, which recently made a come back in India.

Notably, another Indian company, Lava started manufacturing smartphones for brands like Nokia and Motorola. Anyway, this move by brands like realme, OnePlus, Infinix could be to further leverage the benefits of the ‘Make in India‘ initiative whilst providing a hand for its partner(Bhagwati) in the PLI scheme in return.

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Also, if you take giants like Xiaomi, which is in the smart TV business longer than realme and OnePlus, already makes its TVs in the country by itself. That said, this new partnership could also be an extension of localized production what the spin-off brands had already planned.

Coming back, currently operating with three factories at Bhiwadi, Telangana, and Rudrapur across India, Bhagwati Products has an HQ in New Delhi since 2002. According to the report, it has so far made 40 Million Mobile Phones including Smart Phones & Feature Phones, and 3 Million LED TVs, Mobile Charger, Li-Ion Batteries, and more.

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India’s one of the largest states, Uttar Pradesh, has confirmed that it will be providing financial incentives to the South Korean giant Samsung Electronics to set up a display factory in the region, which is expected to cost about $655 million.

In a statement given to the media, the state of Uttar Pradesh has claimed that the company is moving its factory from China to India. This is being viewed as a move that will help boost the Make in India initiative that aims to project India as a manufacturing hub.

Samsung will be getting 7 billion rupees in financial benefits for setting up the display plant. On top of that, the state government has also confirmed that the company will get an exemption from a tax payable on the transfer of land for the factory.

The unit is expected to be operational from next year, but the exact timeline is not yet known. Once the factory starts operations, it is expected to create 510 direct jobs. It’s noteworthy that Samsung already has the world’s largest mobile phone manufacturing plant in Uttar Pradesh, India.

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The development comes just months after the Indian government approved financial incentives of around $6.5 billion for 16 countries to boost domestic production of smartphones. The list of companies set to benefit from this includes Samsung, along with Apple suppliers such as Foxconn and Wistron, among others.

Many companies are now looking to India as a potential replacement for China when it comes to manufacturing. Apart from Samsung, several other companies are moving their production to India, including Apple, which is now making several of its products in India is expected to expand the same in the coming months.

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In order to boost domestic smartphone production, the Indian government has approved an incentive plan for 16 companies, which includes the likes of Foxconn, Wistron, and Pegatron, among others.

With this new incentive scheme worth $6.65 billion, India is hoping to become one of the export and manufacturing hubs for smartphones. This is a part of the country’s “Make in India” initiative that aims to promote domestic manufacturing.

The scheme offers a production-linked incentive involving cash worth 4 percent to 6 percent of additional sales of goods made locally over five years, and it is considering 2019-2020 as the base year.

As per the report, to be able to tap into the scheme, the companies need to make an investment. Interestingly, the Indian government has not disclosed what investment Foxconn, Wistron, and Pegatron have made.

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However, Reuters reports, citing two people aware of the development, that all three companies are planning to invest around $900 million in total over the course of the next five years to get benefits of the incentive scheme.

Apart from these three companies — Foxconn, Wistron, and Pegatron, which are contract manufacturers of Apple, South Korean giant Samsung has also got approval. Notably, Samsung operates the world’s biggest smartphone manufacturing plant in India.

It is also confirmed that five Indian companies, including Micromax and Lava, has received approval. According to the statement from India’s tech ministry, the approved companies are expected to produce smartphones and components of more than 10.5 trillion rupees, which is approximately $143.05 billion.

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India has imposed a customs duty of 5 percent on the import of key components used in manufacturing LCD and LED TVs. The notification was issued by the Finance Ministry and the duty went into effect from 1st October.

Earlier, the Ministry of Electronics and IT had proposed to impose a duty of 5 percent on open cell panels and bring the pure cell to zero percent in a bid to encourage the process of polariser film and COF bonding for open-cell.

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ICEA, which is representing companies like LG, Xiaomi, and Micromax among others, has been opposing the move claiming concerns about the implementation as the anomaly in the differentiation of open-cell with bonding and open-cell without bonding — pure cell — still remains a challenge.

Last month, the body had written a letter to Revenue Secretary seeking an extension on zero duty on the open cell imports for three more years. It argued that the policy has given a huge fillip to domestic manufacturing of LED televisions and has also led to a reduction in imports from ASEAN countries.

It has also warned of the growth of the grey market on imposing 5 percent duty. It also claims that there will be a rise in imports of LED TVs, giving a major blow to the government’s ambitious Make In India initiative.

The Indian Smart TV market is poised to grow further as the Internet is penetrating at a faster pace and OTT consumption is growing in the market. Currently, Xiaomi is leading the Smart TV market in India, followed by LG and Samsung.

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In a bid to diversify its production facilities and reduce reliance on China, Apple seems to have shifted its focus towards the Indian market. After the company started producing iPhone 11 in India, the upcoming series could also be manufactured in the country.

As per the reports, it is being speculated that Apple could start producing “Made in India” iPhone 12 series models from mid-2021. The manufacturing is expected to take place at the new Narasapura plant in Bengaluru, which is being operated by Taiwanese company Wistron — a contract manufacturer for Apple.

It is also being reported that the company could be investing around ₹2,900 crores as it looks to hire about 10,000 employees. While a new project is already in works at this plant, the facility is expected to start manufacturing in a couple of months.

This is a different plant than the one used by Apple to assemble the iPhone 11 and iPhone XR models. Both of these phones are being manufactured by Foxconn at the plant in Chennai, which is also expected to start making iPhone SE 2020 models from this year.

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If the iPhone 12 models are being manufactured in India, the pricing for the same could be lower as Apple will be able to evade a 22 percent import tax on the devices. It’s noteworthy given that the Apple iPhone pricing in India is among the highest in the world.

As for the upcoming iPhone 12 series, the official launch event has been delayed by a few weeks, as confirmed by Apple. Reports indicate that the launch could take place on 12th October, with pre-booking starting the same week and shipments of the base model beginning a week after that.

However, not all the models are expected to go on sale together. It is being reported that the iPhone 12 will be available for purchase in October itself while other models in the lineup, including the iPhone 12 Pro, will go on sale in November.

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In a major step forward for the Government of India’s ‘Make in India’ programme, Chinese smartphone company OnePlus has now started to export Made in India 5G smartphones on a pilot basis from India.

Vikas Agarwal, who is heading OnePlus’ operations in India, believes that India is fast emerging as the company’s regional headquarter for its expansion into global markets, that too within five years of the company launching operations in the country.

He has added that the company is dedicatedly working towards turning India into a global export hub for its offerings, having already commenced export of 5G devices to markets like North America. He said: “As part of the business focus in India for the coming years, OnePlus is building India as a global export hub for the brand and is already manufacturing 5G devices and exporting to overseas markets, such as North America.”

OnePlus and another Chinese smartphone brand Oppo have co-invested to setup a manufacturing facility in the State of Uttar Pradesh’s Noida to produce 5G smartphones. It’s noteworthy that both OnePlus and Oppo are owned by the same parent company — BBK Electronics.

The company’s 5G ambitions are not limited to India as OnePlus is also testing 5G capabilities for carriers in the US and Europe countries at its research and development centre in Hyderabad.

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The company forayed in the Indian market in 2014 and since then the company has grown rapidly. The company’s smartphones have been attracting major customer attention and has managed to grab the leading spot in India’s premium smartphone segment, defeating Samsung and Apple.

The company recently launched its latest smartphone models — OnePlus 7T and 7T Pro. It also launched the OnePlus TV in the Indian market, making it the world’s first market to have the company’s smart TV. The company is also set to launch its own payment service named OnePlus Pay soon.

Last month, the company said that it is planning to aggressively expand its presence offline, and develop new categories of IoT products made for India. This year, the company is ahead of its sales target for smartphones (35 percent market share) compared to last year’s 33 percent market share.

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This year marked Xiaomi‘s entry into the smart TV market in India. According to IDC, the Chinese manufacturer is now India’s No. 1 smart TV brand. In order to cement its new position in the market and also increase supply, Xiaomi has opened a factory where it will manufacture the smart TVs sold in the country.

The new TV factory is a collaboration with Dixon Technologies, an Indian-owned company. The partnership resulted in a 4% increase in the shares of Dixon. The factory which is located in Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh, has a total area of 32 acres and employs over 850 workers.

Xiaomi says the factory has a production capacity target of 100,000 smart TVs per month by Q1 2019. It will begin with the production of the Mi LED TV 4A 32” and the Mi LED TV 4A 43” and add other models next year.

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The new factory is one of the results of the Indian government’s “Make in India” programme which encourages companies to manufacture their products in the country. The programme was established in 2014 and covers 25 sectors save for space, defense, and news media.

With the new factory, Xiaomi’s smart TVs should be easily available for purchase and the manufacturer shouldn’t have to resort to flash sales.

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HomTom, a smartphone manufacturer from China has confirmed to the media that it will be soon selling its smartphones in India. The company will focus on mid-range segment in the country. It has revealed that it will begin by selling five smartphones with a starting price of Rs. 8,000 (~$119).

HOMTOM is known for making waterproof and low-end smartphones. Since its establishment in 2013 in China, the company has expanded to more than 200 countries in South Asia, Middle East, Africa, Europe, Latin America and South America, claimed HOMTOM CEO Gary Zhang. However, he neither commented on the names of the HOMTOM phones that will be made available in India, nor reveal any details on the launch timings.

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The company has been offering ODM services to various smartphone firms. As an R&D company, it holds over 100 patents across the globe. Since India is the next big market after China for smartphones, the company is aiming to enter the country to compete with other brands in the mid-range segment, added Zhang. HOMTOM will be manufacturing its devices in India to endorse the “Make in India” program.

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A couple of days back, Xiaomi announced its latest devices in the Indian market — Redmi Note 5 and Redmi Note 5 Pro. Now, the company has announced the both the phones will be manufactured locally at its manufacturing units in Sri City, Andhra Pradesh.

According to the company, it manufactures over 95 percent of phones locally that it sells in India. Manu Kumar Jain, Xiaomi India MD and Global VP said that Redmi Note 5 and Redmi Note 5 Pro will be 100 percent manufactured locally and will share more details soon.

He also said that the company is also planning to gear up its manufacturing efforts in India under the government’s “Make In India” initiative. The company is looking forward to setup more manufacturing units in the country for other category of products as well.

Recently, the company had announced its third manufacturing facility in the country, located in Noida, in partnership with China-based Hipad Technology. The manufacturing unit is currently used to manufacture its recently launched power banks.

Giving more information about Xiaomi’s performance in the Indian market, Manu Kumar Jain said:

Among the top 10 smartphones in India in 2017, six were Xiaomi phones. We have 57 percent market share online and nearly 11 percent share offline in the country. The challenge is now to defend the online territory and ramp up our offline presence for a strong year-long growth period.

The Xiaomi Redmi Note 5, which is the successor to the Redmi Note 4 — is priced at Rs 9,999 for the 3GB RAM and 32GB storage variant and Rs 11,999 for the 4GB RAM and 64GB variant. On the other hand, the Redmi Note 5 Pro costs Rs 13,999 for the 4GB RAM and 64GB variant and Rs 16,999 for the 6GB RAM and 64GB ROM option.

The Redmi Note 5 is powered by Qualcomm‘s Snapdragon 625 processor and features a 12-megapixel rear camera with f/2.2 aperture along with an 8-megapixel front-facing camera. The Redmi Note 5 Pro is packs Snapdragon 636 processor and features dual camera setup of a 12-megapixel Sony IMX486 sensor and a 5-megapixel secondary sensor. On the front side, it features a 20-megapixel Sony IMX376 camera sensor.

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Both the devices features the trends full-screen display with 18:9 aspect ratio. The devices are running on the latest MIUI 9, based on Android 7.0 Nougat operating system out-of-the-box. The phones will go on sale on Flipkart and Mi.com on 22nd February.

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