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Foxconn to make iPhones in Ahmedabad, Gurgaon

India has emerged as one of the fastest growing markets for Apple's iPhone in the world

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Factory to store: The new iPhone 7 is displayed at an Apple store in Beijing. The factory in Zhengzhou can produce 500,000 iPhones a day <b>Photo</b>: Reuters

Alnoor PeerMohamed Vinay Umarji Bengaluru / Ahmedabad

Last Updated : Jan 02 2017 | 1:30 AM IST

Foxconn, the biggest contract manufacturer for Apple, is setting up its first iPhone manufacturing unit in India in Ahmedabad, as the world’s most valuable company looks to increase presence and replicate its China success in the country.

The Taiwanese maker is adopting a model of setting up smartphone assembly lines in multiple cities across India, with a second iPhone facility coming up in Gurgaon, as Apple steps up efforts to grab a larger pie of the world’s fastest growing smartphone market, people familiar with the development said.

A Gujarat government official, who did not wish to be named, confirmed Foxconn’s

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