Ever since Trump started hampering American businesses so that stop manufacturing in China, Apple began to rethink it. And the definitive push came in early 2020, when he saw that due to the pandemic, the factories of his Chinese suppliers were temporarily closed without being able to remedy it.
There he decided that he should diversify his suppliers with production plants outside of China. Either with the same companies as Foxconn
Economic Daily News has just published a report explaining that for the next month of February, Apple will start mass production of the iPhone 13 in India. Several new production plants will already be operational between January and February 2022.
As the report explains, the intention of Apple managers is to achieve production of 30% of your devices outside of China. It is already doing this in several countries, and now it’s India’s turn with iPhones.
He also explains that the first iPhone 13 manufacturing tests have already started with Hon Hai Group. in Chennai, South India. And if the results are positive, mass production of such a device will begin in February.
The production will go to full for the India’s own market, and the idea of the company and the manufacturer itself is that it can export 20 or 30 percent to other countries when it is in full swing.
They will make the iPhone 13 and the iPhone 13 mini
Currently, Hon Hai Group already manufactures the iPhone 11 and iPhone 12 sold in India. From February, it will also manufacture the iPhone 13 and iPhone 13 mini, which are the two best-selling models in this country, of the current iPhone 13 lineup.