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company has been working with suppliers to ramp up manufacturing
in India and the first iPhone 14s from the country are likely to
be finished in late October or November, following the initial
September release, Bloomberg reported, citing people familiar
with the matter.
Apple's Taiwan-based supplier Foxconn has studied the process of
shipping items from China and assembling the iPhone 14 at its
plant outside southern Indian city of Chennai, it reported.
The U.S. tech giant is looking at options after Beijing's
clashes with Washington and lockdowns across the country
disrupted production, according to the report.
Apple did not immediately respond to Reuters' request for
comment.
Apple has been shifting some areas of iPhone production from
China to other markets including India, the world's
second-biggest smartphone market, and is also planning to
assemble iPad tablets there.
India and other countries such as Mexico and Vietnam are
becoming increasingly important to contract manufacturers
supplying American brands as they try to diversify production
away from China.
Earlier, the U.S. was considering limiting shipments of American
chipmaking equipment to memory chip makers in China in a bid to
halt China's semiconductor sector advances and protect U.S.
companies.
If President Joe Biden's administration proceeds with the move,
it could also hurt South Korean memory chip juggernauts Samsung
Electronics Co Ltd and SK Hynix Inc, which have big factories in
the country.
Last week, Nikkei reported that Apple suppliers are in talks to
produce Apple Watch and MacBook in Vietnam for the first time.
(Reporting by Shivani Tanna in Bengaluru; Editing by Sherry
Jacob-Phillips and Anil D'Silva)
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