Apple continues to increase its reliance on India as a manufacturing hub, with a new report finding that the site’s initial manufacturing processes iPhone17 The model is being implemented in India.
According to a paywalled report by information (via 9to5 mac), for the first time, Apple is using a factory in India for initial manufacturing work on iPhone models.
The first stage of the development process typically takes place between May and October. At this stage, the company will figure out how to translate the prototypes designed at its Cupertino location into tangible products that can be produced at scale.
What’s interesting about this development is that Apple previously only trusted China at this stage. The company has been producing iPhones in India for some time. Production of the professional model began this year in Japan.
This is another sign that Apple wants to reduce its dependence on China as relations with the United States cool.
The increased dependence on India also shows that Apple trusts Indian engineers enough to entrust them with one of the most difficult and resource-intensive parts of the product development cycle. Masu. This part is known as new production implementation (NPI) and involves fine-tuning designs and materials and testing different types of equipment and production processes to pave the way for mass production. .
Apple continues initial manufacturing work on non-standard models iPhone17 Chinese variant. If all goes well, we speculate that Apple may decide to do early testing of other models in India in the coming years as well.
Separately, bloomberg Exports of Indian-made iPhones soared by one-third in the six months to September, the report said. The company has three suppliers in the country: Foxconn Technology Group, Pegatron Corp and Tata Electronics.
