According to the source, Apple will assist Luxshare Precision Industry, a Chinese supplier to the iPhone manufacturer, in producing AirPods in India.
Digital Desk: According to a Nikkei story on Wednesday, Apple Inc. is requesting that some of the AirPod and Beats headphone production be moved to India for the first time. This could be yet another victory for New Delhi in its campaign for domestic manufacture.
According to the story, which cited sources, Foxconn, an Apple iPhone manufacturer, is getting ready to manufacture Beats headphones in India and eventually plans to create AirPods there as well.
According to the source, Apple will assist Luxshare Precision Industry, a Chinese supplier to the iPhone manufacturer, in producing AirPods in India.
However, Luxshare is now concentrating more on its Vietnamese AirPods operations and may launch major manufacture of Apple products in India later than its rivals, according to the Nikkei newspaper.
A Reuters inquiry for comment received no immediate response from Apple.
The tech giant is intending to construct iPad tablets in addition to moving some aspects of iPhone production from China to other markets, notably India, where it started producing the iPhone 13 earlier this year. The business revealed this week that it would produce the newest iPhone 14, model 14, in India.
The sale of iPhones from India has surpassed $1 billion in five months since April, according to a Bloomberg News story from Tuesday, and is expected to reach $2.5 billion in the twelve months leading up to March 2023.
According to the Nikkei article, Apple's most recent move is a part of the company's gradual departure from China. Amid lockdowns connected to COVID in China and mounting tensions between Washington and Beijing, contract manufacturers supplying American brands are increasingly turning to India and other nations like Mexico and Vietnam.
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