NEW DELHI (INDIA) – Apple Inc said that it has started the assembly of iPhone 12 in India, as the company accelerates manufacturing operations in the world’s second-biggest smartphone market.
Apple said in a statement on Thursday, without divulging the names of the supplier making the smartphone, “We are proud to be starting production of iPhone 12 in India for our local customers.”
Apple’s Taiwanese contract manufacturer Foxconn’s Indian unit will assemble the device in its plant in southern state of Tamil Nadu, two sources familiar with the matter said.
Cupertino, California-headquartered Apple has capitalised on India after setting up iPhone assembly in the country in 2017 through another Taiwanese supplier, Wistron.
Foxconn, Wistron and a third supplier Pegatron have together made a strong commitment to roughly $900 million over five years to make iPhones in India, by efficiently making use of New Delhi’s $6.7 billion plan to strengthen smartphone exports.
Apple is also making plans to bring the assembly of its iPad tablet to India, as per reports last month.
“Nice to see our efforts to make India a big hub of mobile and components manufacturing is attracting global attention,” India’s technology minister Ravi Shankar Prasad tweeted following news of iPhone 12 production in India.
“This will create jobs in large numbers.”
