Apple to move production from China to India and Vietnam

27 January 2021
The iPhone 12 will be manufactured in India starting this quarter, Vietnam gets iPads and HomePod mini.

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coconutjuice, 27 Jan 2021Good move Apple! No more "made in china", it give... morebut you know the supplies will still come from old sources. its just final assembly will be shifted to other countries?
and even if it gets assembled in India Indian price will not come down drastically as the move is to save labor cost and have relief on import tax. they'll cost less than US, I doubt it.

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    • Anonymous
    • tet
    • 28 Jan 2021

    It will be very hard to apple to keep same quality of Indian made phones as china made phones. In my country 'made in India' line is cause to assume law quality, unreliable image instantly for any good (except agricultural goods) .

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      • Anonymous
      • PZa
      • 28 Jan 2021

      Ad.it.yeah, 28 Jan 2021The major one will be eliminated though. If the phones are ... moreYes, the Indian government is basically forcing companies to make their phones there and not because they want to.

        Qwerty, 27 Jan 2021I don’t think so, manufacturing in India and Vietnam doesn’... moreThe major one will be eliminated though. If the phones are produced in india they won't have to pay 30% import taxes

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          • Senkum
          • U@I
          • 28 Jan 2021

          Useless news for India. Apple will charge anyway same even when manufactured in India.

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            • Anonymous
            • X%f
            • 28 Jan 2021

            It's great news. I hope with moving to india it open door for Pakistan and Bangladesh to make some products. Imagine all 3 of them being United and help each other.

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              • buratinipekpekmoni
              • Kg{
              • 28 Jan 2021

              nice move!

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                • Anonymous
                • XTL
                • 28 Jan 2021

                China, Vietnam or India...it doesn't mater if our QC dips, screens turn green, batteries go kaput...our prices will never fall, our stocks will stay STRONK.

                - Some Apple bean counter at a shareholder meeting probably.

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                  • pda96
                  • 0fv
                  • 28 Jan 2021

                  Awesome. I hope companies get the hell out of China.

                    maybe after they are produced in India and Vietnam iphones wont break as often.

                      China: $1/hour
                      India/Vietnam: $0.5/hour

                      It's easy decision for Apple to make.
                      :-)

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                        • Anonymous
                        • mIm
                        • 27 Jan 2021

                        Great. Every country needs to unlink from China.

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                          • Justiny
                          • pXD
                          • 27 Jan 2021

                          Anonymous, 27 Jan 2021Compaq the name I haven't heard in a long timeDude, isnt Compaq, is Compeq...

                          Same kind of name but different company's.

                          Compaq was bought by HP long time ago, you will never listen or see that brand again. HP just eat Compaq patents and make it gone.

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                            • Anonymous
                            • LX7
                            • 27 Jan 2021

                            Great move from apple, they don't want to be in there when the world come to their senses and make them behave. Besides, nice people of the world outside china need jobs too. Stop china before it's too late.

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                              • Anonymous
                              • 6wN
                              • 27 Jan 2021

                              Made in Vietnam. Sounds cool. My S6 Edge still works fine.

                                AnonD-940827, 27 Jan 2021So? The units will still be built with Chinese components. ... moreExactly!

                                  But Apple will charge the exact same price for its iPhones ;)

                                    its all because of the import taxes on crap made in china, doesn't have anything to do with what you're all talking about.

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                                      • phinneasbuck
                                      • Bin
                                      • 27 Jan 2021

                                      because they didn't go to the USA

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                                        • Anonymous
                                        • GQY
                                        • 27 Jan 2021

                                        Anonymous, 27 Jan 2021Some hilarious salty comments in here. Don't think the... moreChina is moving up the value chain, if they cross $12,500 per capita annual income they will by definition be classified as developed country, right now they are at 11,000

                                        Vietnam is lagging at $2800, Indonesia at $3700 and india at $2000