Your next iPhone may be manufactured in India

Apple is bringing its iPhone production to India partially thanks to the looming threats and impacts of the China-U.S. trade war.

Early in 2019, Apple’s high-end smartphones will start being assembled from a Foxconn plant in Sriperumbudur, as first reported in The Hindu. While Foxconn, the Taiwanese company contracted by Apple to manufacture the iPhone, already makes phones in India, this will mark the first time the company has made iPhones in the country.

Foxconn will spend $365 million to expand the plant and may create as many as 25,000 new jobs in India according to an Industries Minister in the country speaking to Reuters. According to another source, the expansion will allow Apple to manufacture the more expensive models like the iPhone X line in the country. Read more…

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