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Apple will reportedly begin assembling iPhone 16 Professional and Professional Max items in India later this 12 months. To date, the corporate has solely assembled non-Professional iPhones within the nation.
This transfer can be an enormous step in Apple’s elevated manufacturing presence in India. It could additionally assist additional diversify the corporate’s provide chain away from China.
Apple continues its supply-chain diversification away from China
Slowly however steadily, Apple has been ramping up iPhone manufacturing in India since its concentrate on making the nation a manufacturing hub in 2019. Its efforts picked up steam after COVID-19 and the pandemic-led disruptions to its provide chain in China. Sometimes, Apple begins native meeting for its newest non-Professional iPhones a couple of months after their worldwide debut in India.
With the iPhone 15 in 2023, the corporate and its suppliers may begin native meeting virtually concurrently in China. This 12 months, Apple goals to deepen its manufacturing capabilities additional in India by assembling the iPhone 16 Professional and Professional Max domestically.
Manufacturing might not begin alongside China earlier than the cellphone’s launch. As a substitute, the MoneyControl report claims the India-assembled iPhone 16 Professional items might be obtainable “after the launch.” Initially, the corporate will meet the native demand via imported items. Native meeting of ‘Made in India’ iPhone 16 Professional items ought to begin earlier than the fiscal 12 months’s finish.
Foxconn may assemble iPhone 16 Professional for Apple in India
Apple provider Foxconn may assemble the iPhone 16 Professional items at its Sriperumbudur facility in Tamil Nadu. A current report claimed Foxconn can also be trying to begin native meeting of iPads in India from H2 2025.
There’s an enormous worth hole between the Professional and non-Professional iPhones in India. That is because of the former being imported, resulting in extra import duties and prices. Native manufacturing will assist Apple keep away from the extra duties, probably resulting in decrease costs for the 2025 iPhone Professional fashions within the nation.