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Apple has started assembly of the iPhone 12 in India, the U.S. tech giant said, as the company ramps up manufacturing operations in the world’s second-largest smartphone market. “We are proud to launch iPhone 12 production in India for our local customers,” Apple said in a statement Thursday, without naming the supplier making the smartphone.
Apple’s Taiwanese contract maker Foxconn’s Indian unit will assemble the device at its factory in Tamil Nadu, two sources familiar with the matter said. Foxconn did not immediately respond to a request for comment, but previously said it does not comment on customer-specific work. Apple moved some production areas from China to other markets as it navigated the trade war between Washington and Beijing. A person familiar with the matter said in November that Foxconn was moving an iPad and MacBook assembly to Vietnam from China at its request.
Apple, headquartered in Cupertino, Calif., Has been betting big on India since iPhone assembly began in the country in 2017 through another Taiwanese supplier, Wistron.
Foxconn, Wistron and a third supplier Pegatron together committed around $ 900 million over five years to make iPhones in India, leveraging New Delhi’s $ 6.7 billion plan (around Rs 48,270) to boost exports of smartphones. Apple also plans to bring the assembly of its iPad tablet to India, Reuters reported last month. “It’s good to see that our efforts to make India a major hub for mobile and component manufacturing are gaining worldwide attention,” Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad tweeted, following the announcement of the production of iPhone 12 in India.
“This will create jobs in large numbers.”
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