As its newest step in slicing its reliance on China, Apple has reportedly requested its battery suppliers to scale up manufacturing in India, in time for manufacturing of the iPhone 16.
Citing three unspecified sources mentioned to be conversant in the plans, the publication stories that some producers together with Desay of China, have particularly been encourage to determine new factories in India. One other provider, Taiwanese agency Simplo Expertise, has been requested to scale up its present manufacturing services within the nation.
“If all goes effectively with iPhone 16 battery provide, Apple plans to maneuver extra iPhone battery manufacturing to India,” mentioned one supply.
On the identical time, Rajeev Chandrasekhar, India’s minister of state for electronics and IT, says that Japan’s TDK battery provider is to construct a brand new manufacturing facility within the nation. The agency has introduced a 180-acre facility in Manesar, within the state of Haryana, in southern India.