Currently, 15 percent of the global iPhone production comes from India and its manufacturers of contracts such as Foxconn are dedicated to the manufacture of iPhones
It is unlikely that the council of the president of the United States, Donald Trump, on Apple’s executive president, does not build factories in India, hinder the long -term plan of the iPhone manufacturer in India, analysts said Thursday.
During his visit to Doha, Qatar, on Thursday, Trump said: “I had a small problem with Tim Cook yesterday. I said:” My friend, I’m treating him very well. You are obtaining $ 500 billion, but they build all basic this to collect.
According to the reports, the Indian officials spoke with the firm’s executives based in Cupertino shortly after Trump made the statement. According to government sources, Apple’s investment plans for India are intact and proposes to have an important manufacturing base for their products in the country.
Several analysts Business line He spoke with these Trump threats will not have much impact on Apple’s business plans. “This is the typical Trump trying to keep all the players in Terchooks. I doubt that this leads to Apple or any important company to change short -term plans,” said Mahsh Uppal, director of Com (India).
Cost benefits
They cite a series of reasons for this, the first is that it is expensive and not very practical for Apple to change the manufacture to the United States and, secondly, it benefits not only the availability of qualified labor and the lowest wages in India as well as policy initiatives.
The Financial Firm of the USA. Wedbush Securities has estimated that an iPhone, which currently costs around $ 1,000 when it is manufactured in Asia, could be raised to more than $ 3,000 if the production is transferred to the US.
“It is absolutely impossible that any smartphone manufacturer oriented to growth ignores India, since enabling policies allow them to participate in the development of a promising value chain and eliminate their dependence on some countertops, Faisal Kawoosa Business line.
Currently, 15 percent or the global iPhone production comes from India and its manufacturers of contracts such as Foxconn, Tata Electronics and Pequeatron India (owned by Tata Electronics) are dedicated to the manufacture of iPhones. Recently, Foxconn has also begun to manufacture Apple Airpods in Telangana, for exports.
Posted on May 15, 2025