Apple to Produce iPhone 14 in India
2022-09-27
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1Apple will make its iPhone 14 in India, the company said on Monday.
2The announcement comes at a time when manufacturers are moving production from China.
3Apple described the new phones in a statement, saying they have "new technologies and important safety capabilities."
4The statement added, "We're excited to be manufacturing iPhone 14 in India."
5Apple showed its latest iPhone for the first time earlier this month.
6The new model will have a better camera, faster processors and longer lasting batteries.
7The price is expected to remain the same as last year's phones.
8India is the world's second-largest smartphone market after China.
9But Apple iPhone sales have not taken a large share of the market there.
10Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is pushing for local manufacturing, a main goal for his government since he took office in 2014.
11Apple has bet big on India, where it first began manufacturing its iPhone SE in 2017.
12Apple has continued to put together a number of iPhones there.
13Apple opened its online store for India two years ago.
14Local media say COVID-19 delayed plans for a large physical store in India.
15The latest model will be shipped out by Foxconn, a major iPhone assembler whose buildings are on the outside of Chennai, a city in southern India.
16By 2025, Apple expects India will produce 25 percent of iPhones, reports the Press Trust of India.
17Sanyam Chaurasia of Canalys, a technology market research company, said, "Apple has been trying to diversify its supply chain for a while, but these efforts have grown in the last two years over trade sanctions between the U.S. and China."
18Last year, Apple manufactured around 7 million iPhones in India.
19Chaurasia said the plan to make more iPhones in India may also lead Apple to drop its prices for the Indian market, making it more competitive.
20"You can adopt a more aggressive pricing strategy if you manufacture locally," he said.
21Most of Apple's smartphones and tablets are put together by other companies with factories in China.
22But Apple started asking them in 2020 to look at the possibility of moving some production to Southeast Asia or other places after repeated shutdowns to fight COVID-19 slowed its movement of products.
23Apple has not released details,
24but news reports say the company planned to set up assembly of tablet computers and wireless earphones in Vietnam.
25Other companies are keeping or growing manufacturing in China to serve the local market.
26They are, however, moving export-related work to other countries due to rising wages and other costs as well as the difficulty for foreign business leaders to visit China due to COVID-19 travel restrictions.
27I'm John Russell.
1Apple will make its iPhone 14 in India, the company said on Monday. The announcement comes at a time when manufacturers are moving production from China. 2Apple described the new phones in a statement, saying they have "new technologies and important safety capabilities." The statement added, "We're excited to be manufacturing iPhone 14 in India." 3Apple showed its latest iPhone for the first time earlier this month. The new model will have a better camera, faster processors and longer lasting batteries. The price is expected to remain the same as last year's phones. 4India is the world's second-largest smartphone market after China. But Apple iPhone sales have not taken a large share of the market there. 5Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is pushing for local manufacturing, a main goal for his government since he took office in 2014. 6Apple has bet big on India, where it first began manufacturing its iPhone SE in 2017. Apple has continued to put together a number of iPhones there. Apple opened its online store for India two years ago. Local media say COVID-19 delayed plans for a large physical store in India. 7The latest model will be shipped out by Foxconn, a major iPhone assembler whose buildings are on the outside of Chennai, a city in southern India. 8By 2025, Apple expects India will produce 25 percent of iPhones, reports the Press Trust of India. 9Sanyam Chaurasia of Canalys, a technology market research company, said, "Apple has been trying to diversify its supply chain for a while, but these efforts have grown in the last two years over trade sanctions between the U.S. and China." 10Last year, Apple manufactured around 7 million iPhones in India. 11Chaurasia said the plan to make more iPhones in India may also lead Apple to drop its prices for the Indian market, making it more competitive. "You can adopt a more aggressive pricing strategy if you manufacture locally," he said. 12Most of Apple's smartphones and tablets are put together by other companies with factories in China. But Apple started asking them in 2020 to look at the possibility of moving some production to Southeast Asia or other places after repeated shutdowns to fight COVID-19 slowed its movement of products. 13Apple has not released details, but news reports say the company planned to set up assembly of tablet computers and wireless earphones in Vietnam. 14Other companies are keeping or growing manufacturing in China to serve the local market. They are, however, moving export-related work to other countries due to rising wages and other costs as well as the difficulty for foreign business leaders to visit China due to COVID-19 travel restrictions. 15I'm John Russell. 16Krutika Pathi reported on this story for the Associated Press. John Russell adapted it for VOA Learning English. 17_________________________________________________________________ 18Words in This Story 19bet - v. to make decisions that are based on the belief that something will happen or is true; to risk losing something (such as money) if your guess about what will happen is wrong 20model - n. a particular type or version of a product (such as a car or computer) 21assemble - v. to connect or put together the parts of (something, such as a toy or machine) 22strategy - n. a careful plan or method for achieving a particular goal usually over a long period of time 23diversify - v. to change (something) so that it has more different kinds of people or things 24adopt - v. to begin to use or have (a different manner, method, etc.) 25tablet - n. a flat, rectangular computing device that is used for connecting to the Internet, watching videos, reading books, etc.