Apple supplier Foxconn is beginning production of the iPhone 15 in India as the company moves forward with its effort to diversify its manufacturing from China, Bloomberg reported Wednesday.
Foxconn's Sriperumbudur plant is getting ready to deliver the new phones weeks after they begin shipping from China-based factories, Bloomberg reported, citing unnamed sources.
After a meeting with India Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the White House this year, Apple CEO Tim Cook told CNBC that India represents a "huge opportunity."
Apple has more recently ramped up iPhone production in India, assembling more than $7 billion worth there in the last fiscal year, Bloomberg earlier reported.
Prior to that, iPhone assembly in India lagged China by six to nine months, Bloomberg reported, but that gap has significantly closed.
Persons:
Sundar Pichai, Tim Cook, Narendra Modi, Foxconn's, Biden, Pegatron
Organizations:
Apple, Washington , D.C, Foxconn, Bloomberg, U.S, India, CNBC, Tata Group, YouTube
Locations:
Washington ,, India, China, iPhones