Apple has been diversifying its provide chain over the previous couple of years with India being one of many most popular locations for producing Apple merchandise. Reviews from earlier this yr counsel that Cupertino is planning to shift as much as 25% of its iPhone manufacturing to India by 2025 and the most recent Ming-Chi Kuo report counsel. Kuo means that the baseline iPhone 17 might be developed and produced solely in India within the second half of 2024 with a launch date anticipated a yr later in 2025.

The notable bit is that this may mark the primary time an iPhone kicks off its manufacturing growth outdoors of China. Kuo means that Apple chosen the baseline iPhone 17 as a substitute of the Professional fashions on account of its decrease problem of growth as a method to cut back threat. The iPhone 17 collection is anticipated to launch within the Fall of 2025. Apple started assembling iPhones in India again in 2017 and Tata Electronics lately bought a 100% stake of Wistron’s meeting models in India in a deal valued at $125 million.
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