Made-in-India iPhone X available in market from July.
The
commercial production of iPhone X will begin from July, range of smartphones
for Apple from its 160-acre factory off Chennai by Taiwanese contract
manufacturer Foxconn, people aware of Foxconn’s India plans told ET. “Foxconn
will begin with the iPhoneX (range) from the Chennai plant. The plans are to
step up production capacity and diversify to even higher models going forward,”
said by owners.
In
India the company began its manufacturing journey with another Taiwanese
company Wistron, which had started two years ago with the iPhone SE from its
factory near Bengaluru and later advanced to iPhone 6S model. Wistron now makes
iPhone 7, a sign analysts foresee as a bump-up in local manufacture of
multinational technology companies keen on the Indian market. According to data
from the Indian Cellular and Electronics Association, around 290 million
handsets were assembled in India in 2018 up from 58 million in 2014.