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Apple Inc looking to further localise its 'Make-in-India' iPhones

For enclosures, Apple Inc has tied up with the Tatas, who have recently started exporting some of these products to China

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Surajeet Das Gupta

3 min read Last Updated : Oct 29 2023 | 10:23 PM IST

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Apple Inc is looking for suppliers in India for three key components — mobile display assembly, camera modules and enclosures (mechanical parts) — as part of its strategy to increase the value addition of iPhones being assembled in the country, say sources aware of the phone-maker’s strategy.

If the strategy works, the three components would collectively lead to an incremental value addition of 30-35 per cent in iPhones.

According to sources in the know, Foxconn, the world’s largest electronics manufacturing services (EMS) player and one of the biggest contract manufacturers of iPhones in the country, has evinced an interest in setting up

Topics : Apple iPhone sales in India Tata group Foxconn

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