"You have this tremendous menu of problems created by tariffs and moving to India doesn't solve all the problems."
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The goal means Apple would roughly double its annual iPhone output in India to more than 80 million units.
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"Even if tariffs extend beyond China, we do not think Apple will produce the iPhone in the US." — Analyst Amit Daryanani
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Why India may not come through for Apple
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3 months agoA person who works closely with Apple’s suppliers, who was not authorized to discuss their plans publicly, said the suppliers were hoping to ramp up production so India could make 30 percent of the world’s iPhones.
From "BT Exclusive: iPhone manufacturer Foxconn plans new facility in Greater Noida, to create 40,000 jobs" posted Monday by Business Today.
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India now makes 20% of Apple's iPhones
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3 months ago"In 2022, Bloomberg Intelligence estimated it would take eight years to move just 10% of Apple’s production capacity out of China."
"Boston is over 500,000 people. The whole city would need to stop everything and start assembling iPhones."
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3 months agoApple "wanted to beat the tariff," said one of the sources familiar with the planning.
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