Apple has started manufacturing the recently introduced iPhone 14 in India, reports Bloomberg. Production takes place at the factory of Foxconn Technology, an Apple partner, in the suburbs of Chennai. “We are excited to manufacture the iPhone 14 in India,” Apple said in a statement obtained by the agency.
In general, iPhone production in India began in 2017. Then they began to assemble the iPhone SE there. Now, in addition to the SE and 14 models, the iPhone 12 and 13 are also produced there. Last month, Bloomberg already reportedthat Apple plans to launch iPhone 14 production in India, but then it was expected that this would happen no earlier than Russia than two months after the presentation of the new smartphone model. Thus, iPhone production in India was launched earlier, helped by the settlement of problems with supply chains, Bloomberg notes, citing people familiar with the matter.
According to some sources, in the coming days, new smartphones will begin to go on sale in this country, and then for export. “India is now an attractive manufacturing location as it offers a better labor cost structure at a time when Apple is looking to mitigate geopolitical risks,” Jeff Pu, an analyst at Haitong International Securities, told Bloomberg. production”.