Apple will begin
iPhone 14 production in India about two months after the first wave of devices are released out of China as manufacturing partners try to replicate the complex
iPhone supply chain operation in another country for the first time.
Bloomberg reports that Apple has been working with suppliers to ramp up manufacturing in India and "shorten the lag in production of the new iPhone from the typical six to nine months for previous launches, according to people familiar with the matter."
However, Apple and primary iPhone assembler Foxconn have "ultimately determined a simultaneous start in India and China isn't realistic this year, although it remains a long-term goal," according to the report's sources.
Apple is said to be seeking alternatives to China amid the country's clashes with the U.S. government and strict lockdowns that have disrupted supply chain operations. To that end, Foxconn has reportedly been studying the process of shipping components from China and assembling the iPhone 14 devices at its plant outside the southern Indian city of Chennai.
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