Apple is firmly committed to India, with the iPhone 16 Pro model being manufactured in India for the first time

July 30 news, according to foreign media reports, Apple is further increasing its investment in manufacturing in India, choosing to mass-produce its high-end model-iPhone
Pro in India for the first time. This strategic move marks Apple’s new trend in global supply chain layout, and also highlights India’s rise in high-end smartphone manufacturing. The report detailed that Apple’s long-term partner Hon Hai Precision Industry (Foxconn), located in Sriperumbudur factory in Tamil Nadu, India, is intensively preparing for the new product introduction (NPI) stage of the iPhone 16
Pro series. It is reported that once Apple officially releases the iPhone 16
Pro series, the factory will immediately enter the mass production stage. This layout not only demonstrates Apple's emphasis on the Indian market, but also means that India's status in Apple's global production network is gradually improving. There were previous rumors in the market that iPhone
16 encountered problems during the assembly process in India, causing orders to be returned to BYD in mainland China. However, relevant sources in the supply chain clarified this, pointing out that BYD is not an iPhone assembly plant, and that Apple's plan to expand manufacturing scale in India has not been affected in any way and is still progressing steadily.

1. Looking back at history, Apple has been assembling iPhones in India since 2017, from the initial low-end iPhone SE to subsequent iPhone 6s, iPhone 7, iPhone XR and other models, and has gradually improved Models and quantities of mobile phones produced in India. Today, with the mass production of the iPhone 16 Pro series, Apple's mobile phones produced in India have covered a full range of products from low-end to high-end.
2. According to the editor’s understanding, Apple is actively promoting its manufacturing business in India. In the next three to four years, Apple plans to increase the proportion of iPhones produced in India from the current 14% to 25%. This ambitious goal will not only further enhance India's position in the global smartphone manufacturing field, but also bring Apple a more diversified and stable supply chain layout.

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