As per a report by the Wall Street Journal, Apple is considering moving out of China and expanding its manufacturing capacity in countries like Vietnam and India. Recently, TF International Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo has also corroborated the information.
As per Kuo, the upcoming iPhone 14 will be manufactured simultaneously in India and China from launch day. With previous models, India has been behind in manufacturing the iPhone for a couple of months. Kuo says, “India’s iPhone capacities/shipments still have a considerable gap with China, but it’s an important milestone for Apple in building a non-Chinese iPhone production site.”
Manufacturing iPhones in India gives Apple a chance to provide discounts via third-party retailers. In 2021 during the festive season, the iPhone 11 (128GB) was available for below Rs 40,000 and the iPhone 12 (128GB) for under Rs 55,000 in India.
In 2022, Apple’s focus seems to be shifting to the ‘Pro’ models of the iPhone. As per a new report from Ming-Chi Kuo, the latest A16 Bionic chipset will be exclusive to the iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max. Building on that, the vanilla iPhone 14 and the iPhone 14 Max could feature last year’s A15 Bionic chipset, providing similar performance to the iPhone 13 series. Until now, both the regular and the Pro versions of the iPhone were shipped with the latest chipset.Â
Source: Republicworld.com