Apple may turn us to make us iPhone in India. It will not be easy

According to Financial timesThat cited sources “familiar with this issue”, Apple plans to assemble in all of India iphone What is meant by the United States by the end of 2026. The majority of iPhone devices are currently in Apple made in chinaBut Chinese -made products have become one of the toxic origins for us.

The United States government imposed a 145 percent tariffs On the goods from China. While smartphones are included in 90 rural days,, Which was announced in early April, President Trump indicated that this exclusion is already temporary. Are you ready to pay $ 2,949 for the basic storage of iPhone 17 Pro Max?

The supposed transformation of Apple to manufacture to India is an insurance policy against such chaos in the future, but it did not start here. In December 2024, we wrote about it Apple’s increasing dependence on India For manufacturing as Bulwark against the Tensions of the United States of China.

The Indian production of iPhone began in 2017, starting with low -cost iPhone SE. The country began to produce the leading iPhone devices in 2023.

Although it is the best part of a decade of time in the Indian iPhone manufacturing, this alleged recent shift in the strategy still represents a very expensive turbine fee for its efforts – and it is likely to double at least of the Indian production factories in Apple. WIRED approached Apple to comment, but he did not receive a response at the time of publication.

How many Indian iPhone devices?

“Our estimates indicate that Apple produced between 40 to 43 million (iPhone) in India last year,” says Navkendar Singh, IDC India’s assistant vice president. “About 12 or 13 million were consumed in the entire India market, and the rest has been exported.”

More than 60 million iPhone devices are sold in the United States every year, as the series leads a market share for smartphones by 57 percent, according to some estimates. “So, about 80 to 85 million (iPhone) will need to be produced in India,” Singh says, if Apple desires to meet American demand at the current levels while submitting demand for the local Indian market as well.

This expansion not only depends on Apple investments. As in all the main production efforts of Apple, any Indian expansion will include partners, especially Tata Electronics, Foxconn and Pegatron.

“Tata is working completely at the present time,” says Singh. Tata is the main strength behind the Indian iPhone manufacturing. It runs a collection factory in Tamil Nadu, in the south of the country. It acquired the Wistron Karnataka facility from Wistron in 2023, and in January 2025, it was closed to a majority of 60 percent in the Indian Taiwanese Pegatron.

This in turn represents the unification of the Indian IPHONE production that is supervised by an Indian company, Tata Electronics. Foxconn, PEGATRON and Wistron are all Taiwanese companies, despite their global arrival and importance.

Factory problem

Tata -led Apple production was not completely smooth. In 2023, the Tata Hosur factory, which produced the iPhone, had a rate of return Only 50 percentWith half of the ingredients failing in the strict quality examination of Apple. This is a very low return rate, highlighting the importance of the skilled and effective manufacturing process.

The former Apple engineer told ” Financial timesSpeaking of Indian Apple operations in 2023. The Apple 2025-2026 in Indian manufacturing will be a test if this position has changed and the amount of the amount.