Make iPhone 16 Batteries in India, Apple Tells Component Suppliers

[CarAnalogy]

It's easier for Apple to work with a company they've already developed to the standards they demand than it is to start from scratch.

In the short run, this will mean their supplier is responsible for setting up the production facility (which that supplier has experience with) and training a new workforce to operate and inspect the product (which the supplier has experience with) to meet Apple's specifications without compromise (which that supplier has already been beaten into submission on).

In the medium term, this moves the factories outside the territorial control of China, meets the demands of governments and consumers demanding a reduced reliance on China, and reduces the flow of investment into China but does it in a way that doesn't make their current suppliers feel jilted and less committed to current production and kind of boils the frog with the Chinese government.

In the long term the Indian people will gain expertise in these production techniques and then become available to start or staff new, Indian, manufacturers-- eventually becoming familiar enough to be able to advance the state of the art through their own R&D.

Excellent, thank you.

 

[M5RahuL]

How about your iPhone goes up in cost by thousands of dollars? Apple want cheaper parts and maximum profit like most companies, US made ones would be just to expensive.

Americans don't care .. They love rolling monthly payments and debt!!.. as long as they can finance the device for a few bucks every month! Now having to buy it outright 😂 Most Americans cant spare $1000 .. Talk about (zero) financial planning!

 

[M5RahuL]

America had literal slaves at one point, and Britain was colonising half the world just 80 years. Things change. Industrialisation is the key

Right? Expecting knowledge (especially of History), other than an inherent bias and pre-judgement on the internet, is a fallacy!

 

[Mick-Mac]

Judging from the picture, it looks like iPhone 16 batteries made in India will come pre-swollen...

 

[Analog Kid]

Talk about (zero) financial planning!

Die before the creditors get to you, what more do you need to plan?

 

[cocky jeremy]

In short - as part of the company's efforts to maximise profitability. There. Corrected!

As they should do.

 

[Abdichoudxyz]

India is the world’s most populous democracy.
China is not.
I hope this helps.

India is following the same path as China, Korea etc in trying to lift its people out of poverty. This is quote about iphone assembly plant from a substack I follow.

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India has some of the very worst wealth disparity and poverty, on Earth. As for 'democracy', well...

Hope this helps:

India: extreme inequality in numbers | Oxfam International

www.oxfam.org

Democracy in Disarray: India’s Uphill Battle against an Escalating Surge of Anti-Democratic Sentiments

India has consistently bragged about being the world’s largest democracy and having an ostensibly ‘secular’ outlook for many decades

moderndiplomacy.eu

 

[4tune8chance]

Apple has told component suppliers it wants iPhone 16 batteries to be made in India, as part of the company's efforts to diversify its global supply chain and reduce its reliance on Chinese manufacturing.

Leaked image of alleged iPhone 16 Pro battery with new design, updated connector, and 3355mAh capacity.​

The Financial Times reports that Apple has informed battery suppliers including China's Desay and Taiwan's Simplo Technology of its preference to have batteries for next year's iPhone made in India, and has encouraged the manufacturers to establish new factories there or scale up production at existing sites for future orders.

"If all goes well with iPhone 16 battery supply, Apple plans to move more iPhone battery production to India," said one of the people close to Apple who spoke to FT.

Apple already works with Foxconn, Pegatron, and Tata (new owner of Wistron) to manufacture iPhones in India, with Foxconn handling 75 to 80 percent of the device assembly. Foxconn has invested more than $500 million in India to ramp up its manufacturing capabilities.

Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo believes that 12 to 14 percent of global ‌iPhone‌ shipments are made in India, with that proportion to increase to 20 to 25 percent by 2024. Introductory production on the standard iPhone 17 will start in India in the second half of 2025, according to Kuo, marking the first time that Apple begins development of a new ‌iPhone‌ outside of China.

In addition to allowing Apple to move manufacturing away from China, increasing production in India provides Apple with an opportunity to strengthen its relationship with the Indian government. India is a key market for Apple due to growing demand for Apple products in the country.

Article Link: Make iPhone 16 Batteries in India, Apple Tells Component Suppliers

Good, about time. The less the world is reliant on the CCP the better.

 

[gund1234]

In short - as part of the company's efforts to maximise profitability. There. Corrected!

diversify supply chain ?
they learned a lesson from COVID.

 

[gund1234]

commenters gonna be thrilled Apple is bending the knee to a different slave labor state than china

India doesn't have slave labor.
India is a democratic country, they have lot more freedom than Chinese citizens.

 

[gund1234]

How about making them in America….

i don't think you can afford iPhone if it is manufactured in USA.
and US population growth is in decline.

 

[gund1234]

I'm sorry but once the iPhones start being manufactured in India, the quality built/reliability of the iPhones will go down hill rapidly. Once Apple starts getting cheap with the workmanship of their products their fame will rapidly go down hill, and from the looks of things that is where Apple is headed as of 2025.

what makes you think that ?
Apple controls quality of every component that's used in iPhone. just like they do now in China.

 

[frownface]

mmmm, lets take the one component in a phone that *can* explode; and move the manufacture to the country with worse QC.

 

[svish]

Good to hear about increased production outside China

 

[Abdichoudxyz]

India doesn't have slave labor.
India is a democratic country, they have lot more freedom than Chinese citizens.

Astonishing naivité there.

Study shows 2 of 3 Indians subjected to modern slavery. This is India's ranking | Today News

Modern slavery refers to situations of exploitation that a person cannot refuse or leave because of threats, violence, coercion, or deception.

www.livemint.com

India - Free the Slaves

In India, Free the Slaves is confronting the deep-rooted issue of modern slavery through a multifaceted approach.

freetheslaves.net

As for 'freedom'; I suppose the freedom to not work for the only employer in a region might be considered a kind of freedom. I mean, you'll starve to death, but at least you'll be 'free', eh?

I'm surprised it doesn't have a political tag (yet).

I'd have thought it pretty essential for people using products to know about their origins and the conditions of manufacture.