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Apple to start India manufacturing of iPhone SE

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Apple Inc will be setting up a manufacturing plant for assembling it’s lower-priced iPhone SE in Indian silicon valley Bengaluru. The news was confirmed on Friday as per India Today reports. Apple’s Taiwanese manufacturing partner Wistron Corp is setting up a plant in Bengaluru to focus solely on assembling iPhones which was confirmed by Reuters last month.

This move comes soon after the depleting sales rate of iPhones have been reported from Asia. In order to lower prices. Apple has been trying to initiate local set-ups for production and has been in talks with the Indian federal government regarding issues such as tax concessions.

As per Reuters reports, Industry says that the numbers would be substantially lower to begin with. The source also said it was too early to say what other phone models Apple would assemble at the Bengaluru plant.

Apple shipped 2.5 million iPhones to India last year, with a third coming in the December quarter, according to market researcher Counterpoint, which estimates that three-quarters of smartphones sold in India were made locally.

 

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