Apple has started manufacturing the recently introduced iPhone 14 in India, it reports Bloomberg. Production takes place at Apple’s partner Foxconn Technology facility on the outskirts of Chennai. “We are thrilled to be producing the iPhone 14 in India,” Apple said in a statement obtained by the agency.
Generally, iPhone production in India started in 2017. So they started assembling the iPhone SE there. Now, in addition to the SE and 14 models, the iPhone 12 and 13 are also produced. Last month, already Bloomberg reportedthat Apple plans to launch iPhone 14 production in India, but then this was expected to happen no earlier than Russia two months after the presentation of the new smartphone model. Therefore, iPhone manufacturing in India started earlier, aided by troubleshooting 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 trying to mitigate geopolitical risks,” Jeff Pu, an analyst at Haitong International Securities, told Bloomberg.
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