“India builds iPhone’s 10x devices from China”: The book reveals the Apple Deep Assembly dilemma Apple dilemma

Although Apple’s story in India is no less than a glorious, it has not reached the highest level of China in its similar time frame, and journalist Patrick McGgy explained in his last book.

McGe was the main Apple correspondent of the 2019 to 2023, whose last book, “Apple In China”, published by Simon & Schuster, separated how the company became one of the largest projects in the world and how it linked its wealth with Beijing.

McGI said that Apple’s move away from China was driven by Shanghai 2022, which has proven to be a great incentive for change. The journalist quoted a former executive official who said: “China has moved from being a reliable resource to a completely reliable resource.”

Meanwhile, Tim Cook stated in a note in October 2018 that India was ready for a “China -like path”, but in the five years that followed, the batch was still lukewarm. Cuperno was cautious and New Delhi was completely ready to be welcoming as Beijing was a decade ago. The Indian government wanted foreign companies to release 30 percent of the components locally.

“When the rules were relaxed in 2017, the Apple suppliers began to collect some iPhone devices in India – with its Taiwanese partner Weston – a step that allowed Apple to avoid huge definitions, which made the iPhone more affordable for the rising middle class.” He pointed out that the Apple store on the Internet was only opened in 2020, and the first actual store after another three years – which was 15 years after the opening of the first store in China.

India started making the iPhone SE to enter and moved to produce pioneering models. By 2023, there was no delay between distributions from China and India, and India’s iPhone devices were available on the same day. By 2024, India was making Pro models.

However, McCai said that the frequency of India’s growth was not comparable to China even after a decade after a decade. “From 2016 to 2023, iPhone’s production in India grew from zero to about 15 million units, which represents 7 percent of global shipments. China, between 2006 and 2013, criticized production from scratch to 153 million units. Therefore, at best, India takes iPhone orders at the rate that China achieved a decade ago in his book.

However, here is the biggest problem – the Apple operations in all of India FATP, which translates into final assembly, tested and firmly. It is a thick process. The components are transferred from China, gathered by Taiwanese companies, Westeron and Foxconn.

McGe quoted the manufacturing design engineer who jokingly said that the iPhone made in India “was assembled in China, dismantled there, and then sent to China to re -assemble.”

Apple said that India intends to become completely able in all respects, but it will also take this from another 5 to 10 years. India operations are still in the early stages of construction.

McGe quoted the former senior Apple engineers, saying that the frequency of development was not quick. He said that the presence of iPhone in both China and India, which depends on the same supply chain, adds more complications of flexibility.

Low employment costs in India are compensated by additional logistical services to send shipping from China.