Indian iPhone15 parts need to be imported from China, and foreign media observe the situation.
Cook was stunned!India**: India wants to buy parts for the iPhone 15 from our country: an alternative to China.
It is estimated that the new annual iPhone will be available in mid-September. Like last year, the iPhone 15 has also attracted a large number of digital enthusiasts and users, plus Apple will release several smoke bombs every once in a while, constantly stimulating the desire of "fruit fans" to buy.
Behind this annual high-tech event is the in-depth integration of Chinese manufacturers into the entire chain of iPhone. We all know that our country is the largest iPhone manufacturer in the world, and most of the iPhones of "fruit fans" are bought from a factory in Zhengzhou, Shenzhen, China, and Apple 15 is also one of them.
On top of that, we also have the world's largest iPhone sales, which is why we are not much less important to China than in North America. Apple has established a good connection with Chinese products and the domestic market, which is a win-win situation for both China and Apple.
However, as Apple gradually shifts its industrial chain from China to India and Southeast Asia, iPhone and other products are gradually outsourced to foreign countries, for example, this year's iPhone 15 has a large number of India, many people are worried about whether India will surpass China and become the world's largest iPhone factory
India was the first to launch an iPhone, intended to replace the Chinese market.
Prior to his current role as the company's CEO, Cook was in charge of Apple's worldwide operations. As early as the advent of the iPhone, Cook led the entire company's industrial chain to move to China, and Jobs and Cook's choice was also very wise, China's manufacturing capacity has turned everything upside down for them.
Moreover, as China's labor costs continue to rise, in order to pay thousands of companies in the fruit chain, Cook set his sights on cheap Chinese markets such as India and Southeast Asia, and in order to reduce the cost of other goods such as iPhones, he decided to transfer the chain to other countries.
Indeed, for Cook, in a place like India, the mass production of the iPhone will undoubtedly significantly cut its manufacturing expenses and make it more profitable. What's more, India is Apple's blue ocean, with a market share of less than 1% in India, if the iPhone can be manufactured in India and the price is reduced, then India will undoubtedly be the next country with huge demand, after all, China has a population of 1.4 billion, which also gives Cook the confidence to transfer it from the country.
Therefore, with the support of Apple, foundry companies such as Foxconn and Wistron have set up their own foundry companies in India, and the Indian market is also expanding.
But for Foxconn, since its first factory settled in 2017, Foxconn has carried out the mass production of the small iphone13 locally in 2021, and with the mass production of the iphone14, Foxconn's factory in India has also successfully sent the first batch of iPhone15 products to China, which shows that the Indian factory has made rapid technological progress and has been able to meet the needs of the first batch of products.
Apple also successfully opened India's first app store (AppleStore) in Mumbai, India, and Cook himself attended the opening ceremony, saying that India has a lot of room to grow, and Apple will invest more in it. Clearly, Mr. Cook has high expectations for India, which he wants to make the world's largest manufacturer and consumer after China.
The happiest is India's, which claims that India will overtake China in iPhone production. Will things turn out the way India's ** would like them to go?
Cook was dumbfounded, and many parts still had to rely on China.
Although many Chinese and foreign companies have set up factories in India, there are still many "fruit chain" merchants who are still in a wait-and-see state and have no plans to set up factories in India. Moreover, because India's electronics industry is not complete, and the entire industry chain is far from forming a closed loop, it is difficult for Cook to find local industrial support in India.
OEMs like Foxconn can already produce goods like iPhones in India, but many of Apple's products, such as the iPhone 15, have to be purchased from China because they don't have local suppliers to meet their requirements.
Cook may be taken aback, because India has been raising tariffs on "Made in India" imports for several years, which is why Apple has shifted production to India, just to save labor and at the same time to impose additional taxes. If India makes a lot of iPhones, but relies heavily on Chinese parts, "Made in India" becomes meaningless.
Moreover, the India that Cook had in mind was also a place full of uncertainty. Because they are in the high-end market, which is why their products will have a great premium and **, someone once said that it is difficult to say whether it will be popular in India if it is such a high **. Because labor in India is very cheap, the average salary of residents in India is not high, so why would they spend 7,000 to 8,000 yuan to buy an iPhone?Therefore, India's "thousand-yuan machine", the local brand represented by Redmi and realme, occupies a dominant position in the domestic competition.
Apple has previously been rolling out cheap second-generation phones and low-end models SE to India, a strategy that has slowed its growth in India. And now, they have opened a special store in India for their main goods. Of course, it remains to be seen whether Cook's "prescription" actually works.