CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -Apple’s main iPhone assembler, Foxconn, is manufacturing the devices at its Sriperumbudur factory on the outskirts of Chennai.

Detailed explanation-2: -Foxconn already assembles Apple devices in its Chennai plant and Apple has widened its production capability through Foxconn and Wistron. According to a report from Counterpoint Research, locally manufactured iPhones in India grew 196 per cent YoY in 2021.

Detailed explanation-3: -Apple has outsourced the manufacturing of iPhone enclosures to Tata Electronics, which has a plant at Hosur. The company gets iPhones manufactured by electronics giants-Foxconn, Wistron and Pegatron in India.

Detailed explanation-4: -Apple is expected to shift up to 25% of its iPhone production to India by as soon as 2025. Following up on iPhone 14 manufacturing kicking off in September by Foxconn in the country, Pegatron has become the second vendor to start making Apple’s latest smartphone in India.

Detailed explanation-5: -Apple first started manufacturing iPhones in India in 2017, with iPhone SE. The tech giant manufactures some of its most advanced iPhones in the country, including iPhone 11, iPhone 12 and iPhone 13 at the Foxconn facility, while iPhone SE and iPhone 12 are being assembled at the Wistron factory in the country.