Recently Yahoo News on-line reported the following:
iPhone in India: Apple makes new handset in India in
shift from China
Arunoday Mukharji & Monica Miller - BBC News
Tue, September 27, 2022 at 1:38 PM
Apple says it has started making its iPhone 14 in India as
it diversifies its supply chains away from China.
The company makes most of its phones in China but has shifted some production outside the country as tensions rise between Washington and Beijing.
China's 'zero-Covid' policies, that have triggered widespread lockdowns, have also caused major disruptions for businesses during the pandemic.
The technology giant unveiled its latest iPhone earlier this month.
"The new iPhone 14 line-up introduces groundbreaking new technologies and important safety capabilities. We're excited to be manufacturing iPhone 14 in India," Apple said in a statement.
Taiwan-based Foxconn, which manufactures the majority of Apple's phones, has had an operation in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu since 2017, where it makes older versions of the handsets.
But now, Apple is betting big to make in India its newest product - the iPhone 14.
By betting on India, Apple is also looking to increase its footprint in the country. As of last year, its market share was about 4% there.
The US giant has been struggling to compete with the much cheaper South Korean and Chinese smartphones that continue to dominate the Indian smartphone market.
But manufacturing in India does not mean the phones will be cheaper in the country because of high import duties on components and other taxes.
So while Indians might be looking at the 'Made in India' tag on their iPhone they will still have to pay a hefty sum to own it.
The announcement that iPhone production has increased in India is a win for prime minister Narendra Modi's administration.
His government launched its flagship "Make in India" campaign eight years ago as it aimed to boost the country's manufacturing and exports.
Apple's announcement marks its latest move towards diversifying supply chains to avoid disruptions as tensions rise between China and the US over Taiwan and trade.
Earlier this month, analysts at investment bank JP Morgan said that they expect Apple to move around 5% of iPhone production to India this year.
The report also predicted that a quarter of all iPhone production will be in the South Asian nation by 2025.
Last year, Apple supplier Foxconn invested $1.5bn (£1.4bn) in Vietnam, according to the South East Asian country's government.
Vietnamese state media reported last month that the company had signed a $300m agreement to expand its facility in the north of the country to increase production.
Translation
蘋果表示，它已開始在印度生產 iPhone 14，因為它將其供應鏈從中國轉到多元化。
該公司的大部分手機都在中國生產，但隨著華盛頓和北京之間的緊張局勢加劇，該公司已將部分生產轉移到中國之外。
中國的 “零疫情” 政策引發了廣泛的封鎖，在病毒大流行期間也對企業造成了重大干擾。
這家科技巨頭本月早些時候推出了最新款 iPhone。
蘋果在一份聲明中表示: “新的 iPhone 14 系列引入了突破性的新技術和重要的安全功能。我們很高興能夠在印度製造 iPhone 14” 。
總部位於台灣的富士康生產蘋果的大部分手機，自 2017 年以來一直在印度南部的泰米爾納德邦開展業務，在那裡生產舊版的手機。
但現在，蘋果公司正在大舉押注在印度生產其最新產品 - iPhone 14。
通過押注在印度，蘋果還希望擴大其在該國的足跡。截至去年，其市場份額約為 4%。
這家美國巨頭一直在努力地與仍主導印度智能手機市場的, 廉價得多的韓國和中國智能手機競爭。
但在印度製造並不意味著手機在該國會更便宜，因為零部件的進口關稅和其他稅項很高。
因此，雖然印度人可能會在他們的 iPhone 上看到 “印度製造”的標籤，但他們仍然需要支付巨額費用才能擁有它。
宣布 iPhone 在印度的產量增加是總理莫迪政府的勝利。
八年前，他的政府發起了其旗艦 “印度製造” 運動，旨在促進該國的製造業和出口。
蘋果公司的聲明標誌著其在供應鏈多樣化方面的最新舉措，以避免隨著中國和美國在台灣和貿易問題上的緊張局勢升級而造成供應鏈中斷。
本月早些時候，投資銀行摩根大通的分析師表示，他們預計蘋果今年將把大約 5% 的 iPhone 生產轉移到印度。
該報告還預測，到 2025 年，四分之一的 iPhone 產量將會在南亞國家。
據東南亞國家政府稱，去年，蘋果供應商富士康在越南投資了 15 億美元（14 億英鎊）。
越南官方媒體上個月報導稱，該公司已簽署一項 3 億美元的協議，以擴大其在該國北部的工廠以增加產量。
So,
India will produce more iPhone in the near future. In the
past decade or so, many daily consumer products that I used were made in PRC and
it had literally become a world factory. As a consumer, I would like to see more
diversification in manufacturers so that more countries can have a chance to
contribute something and earn a decent living through their production. I think “World Factory” is not a very health
sign when come to equal opportunity.
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