Apple is scheduled to unveil its latest lineup on Monday, with global sales likely to begin within 10 to 12 days.
Foxconn has begun production of the iPhone 16 series in Indiawhich will be exported and available in several cities and countries, officials said.
This could well be the first time that a global player makes a product manufactured in Indian factories available across the world within the first few days of sales, experts said.
Achieving this milestone four years after starting iPhone production in India indicates the importance of the local industry. manufacturing outlook for the Cupertino-based tech giant. The maker of iconic smartphones is diversifying its production base outside of China amid geopolitical tensions between China and the United States.
Even the iPhone 16 Pro The Pro and Pro Max models will be shipped overseas from India in the coming months, officials said. This is the first time Apple has started manufacturing the Pro and Pro Max models in India.
Queries sent to Apple and Foxconn remained unanswered at the time of writing.
According to the latest Economic Survey, India currently contributes around 14% to the US tech giant’s total output and is emerging as a key hub for its global exports. The share has doubled over FY2023.
According to a JPMorgan report, Apple plans to shift 25% of its iPhone production to India by 2025 to diversify its manufacturing base.
iPhones are only manufactured in India and China.
Apple has been reducing the global launch delay for India-made iPhones over the past four years. In 2021, which was the first year that Apple contract manufacturers made iPhones in India, the delay was a few months, meaning the India-made iPhone 13 reached global outlets a few months after launch.
In 2022, the company has narrowed the gap between the launch of iPhone 14 sales from China and India to less than two weeks. Last year, Apple launched the iPhone 15 simultaneously from Indian and Chinese factories, but the devices made in India were only available in India on the first day of sale. It took a few days for the iPhone 15 made here to reach global outlets.
This year, the made-in-India iPhone 16 series will be available to consumers in several countries in the first few days of retail launch and shipments will begin from Tuesday (September 10).
The iPhone 16 series is touted as one of the most advanced devices, with artificial intelligence (AI) features, experts said.
Apple’s contract manufacturers – Foxconn Hon Hai, Wistron (now owned by the Tata group) and Pegatron – produced iPhones worth ₹1.20 lakh crore in India in FY24, of which devices worth ₹85,000 crore were exported.
Production and export figures take into account the value of freight on board at which the device leaves the factory. Retail prices are approximately 60% higher.
Apple has been at the forefront in driving mobile phone exports from India and has emerged as the flagbearer for the PLI scheme for smartphones.
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