Apple iPhone 13 To Be Made In India Now

[INDIAPOSITIVE]

Cupertino-based giant Apple has reportedly started a trial production of the Apple iPhone 13 in India, a report in The Economic Times suggests. The company has started trial production in its Foxconn plant near Chennai as the company prepares to make all its top-selling smartphones in the country. Apple expects to start the commercial production of iPhone 13 in India for both the domestic market and exports by February, the report quoted two industry executives as saying.

The report also says that Apple has also secured a supply of semiconductor chips, and that has helped the company’s expansion plan of bringing production in India. Production of the iPhone 13 in India will help Apple improve the supplies of the model into global markets. The executives told ET that around 20-30 percent of what is produced in India is usually exported. Apple and Foxconn did not respond to a request for comment.

The report also said that while Apple is planning to bring production of the iPhone 13 in India, the supplies of all iPhones have improved. The iPhone 13 is the best-selling smartphone in the latest iPhone 13 series, and Apple does not plan to make the iPhone 13 Pro and iPhone 13 Pro Max in the country.

Apple already produces the iPhone 11 and iPhone 12 in the Chennai Foxconn plant. The iPhone SE is produced at the Wistron plant in Bengaluru. The report also cited estimates to hint that Apple produces almost 70 percent of the smartphones it sells in India within the country.

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Apple produces the iPhone 11 and iPhone 12 in the Chennai Foxconn plant, and the iPhone SE is being made at the Wistron plant in Bengaluru.

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[Tshering22]

Cupertino-based giant Apple has reportedly started a trial production of the Apple iPhone 13 in India, a report in The Economic Times suggests. The company has started trial production in its Foxconn plant near Chennai as the company prepares to make all its top-selling smartphones in the country. Apple expects to start the commercial production of iPhone 13 in India for both the domestic market and exports by February, the report quoted two industry executives as saying.

The report also says that Apple has also secured a supply of semiconductor chips, and that has helped the company’s expansion plan of bringing production in India. Production of the iPhone 13 in India will help Apple improve the supplies of the model into global markets. The executives told ET that around 20-30 percent of what is produced in India is usually exported. Apple and Foxconn did not respond to a request for comment.

The report also said that while Apple is planning to bring production of the iPhone 13 in India, the supplies of all iPhones have improved. The iPhone 13 is the best-selling smartphone in the latest iPhone 13 series, and Apple does not plan to make the iPhone 13 Pro and iPhone 13 Pro Max in the country.

Apple already produces the iPhone 11 and iPhone 12 in the Chennai Foxconn plant. The iPhone SE is produced at the Wistron plant in Bengaluru. The report also cited estimates to hint that Apple produces almost 70 percent of the smartphones it sells in India within the country.

Apple iPhone 13 To Be Made In India Now: All Details - News18

Apple produces the iPhone 11 and iPhone 12 in the Chennai Foxconn plant, and the iPhone SE is being made at the Wistron plant in Bengaluru.

www.news18.com

https://twitter.com/x/status/1473140552128360451

https://twitter.com/x/status/1473195103141314563

Let's hope the prices decrease to at least US-levels with this. Most of the prohibitive cost is due to the import duties and taxes.

 

[Arulmozhi Varman]

Let's hope the prices decrease to at least US-levels with this. Most of the prohibitive cost is due to the import duties and taxes.

Depends upon the cost of imported components. Chips, camera sensor are still imported and they are significant cost for the manufacture.
But I know the battery, audio, display sets are manufactured inhouse. It would still be costlier than in US but not much. It's in fact has cheaper than Canada tbh.

 

[Tshering22]

Depends upon the cost of imported components. Chips, camera sensor are still imported and they are significant cost for the manufacture.
But I know the battery, audio, display sets are manufactured inhouse. It would still be costlier than in US but not much. It's in fact has cheaper than Canada tbh.

Something is better than nothing. I hope Dr. Jaishankar hurries up with the Chileans on an export deal for lithium. The future of battery making (both phones and EV) depends on it. Looking at the explosion of EVs and the scope of 4WD EVs, we will need a steady supply of Lithium.

 

[Black Tornado]

Chalo g , now iphone will run on gow mooter rather then lithium batteries

 

[Arulmozhi Varman]

Something is better than nothing. I hope Dr. Jaishankar hurries up with the Chileans on an export deal for lithium. The future of battery making (both phones and EV) depends on it. Looking at the explosion of EVs and the scope of 4WD EVs, we will need a steady supply of Lithium.

No need to go faster. As of now it's wait and watch. Research and studies have indicated Sodium based batteries have better battery life and life cycles than Lithium ion and Indian companies have already made the prototype for the battery. Infact, even Chinese companies are doing research on So based batteries.
India also wants to have Hydrogen based cars. No one solution is required. But all manufacturers would decide on one set of parameters for battery in probably 10 years from now. Indian manufacturers have to ready by that time. Now many manufacturers have their own research, protocols for battery vehicles. Just like mobile phones, when initially all had different charging ports, and later all OEM charging ports became one, it would happen for cars as well. We just need to have a matured style by then. No one should let Tesla decide the standards to the world.

 

[Tshering22]

No need to go faster. As of now it's wait and watch. Research and studies have indicated Sodium based batteries have better battery life and life cycles than Lithium ion and Indian companies have already made the prototype for the battery. Infact, even Chinese companies are doing research on So based batteries.
India also wants to have Hydrogen based cars. No one solution is required. But all manufacturers would decide on one set of parameters for battery in probably 10 years from now. Indian manufacturers have to ready by that time. Now many manufacturers have their own research, protocols for battery vehicles. Just like mobile phones, when initially all had different charging ports, and later all OEM charging ports became one, it would happen for cars as well. We just need to have a matured style by then. No one should let Tesla decide the standards to the world.

Can you please post some links on sodium-based batteries here? It will be of great help and will help raise the knowledge of our fellow members here.

R&D will continue for a long time before it materializes into something concrete. Till then, we cannot hold off on the opportunity to manufacture technological products in the country. That means we need a deal on lithium mining rights as soon as possible. By the time the agreement is ironed out, it would be another one year minimum, followed by another year of waiting for full-scale production to reach the capacity planned.

 

[Skull and Bones]

No need to go faster. As of now it's wait and watch. Research and studies have indicated Sodium based batteries have better battery life and life cycles than Lithium ion and Indian companies have already made the prototype for the battery. Infact, even Chinese companies are doing research on So based batteries.
India also wants to have Hydrogen based cars. No one solution is required. But all manufacturers would decide on one set of parameters for battery in probably 10 years from now. Indian manufacturers have to ready by that time. Now many manufacturers have their own research, protocols for battery vehicles. Just like mobile phones, when initially all had different charging ports, and later all OEM charging ports became one, it would happen for cars as well. We just need to have a matured style by then. No one should let Tesla decide the standards to the world.

For consumer electronics having a life time of 2-3 years, the charge density and stability matters more than life cycle.

 

[Tshering22]

This is what I have found based on a report regarding research into the Sodium-based battery.

Indian technopreneurs want to make EV battery cost a ‘non-issue’ with sodium-ion tech

Engineer-entrepreneurs Ravi Pandit, chairman of Sentient Labs, incubated by KPIT Technologies, and Bala Pachyappa, CEO, Sodium Energy, are betting on Sodium-ion chemistry to bring down the cost of battery, the single most expensive component in an electric vehicle.

New Delhi: Sentient Labs, a new research and technology company in Pune, led by veteran technocrat Ravi Pandit, is working on a suite of ‘exciting innovative technology solutions’ for the industry. One of the technologies that the company has been working on is that of sodium-ion battery to make its cost a ‘non-issue’ in an electric vehicle, Pandit said at ETAuto’s Target Net Zero, a discussion series on carbon neutrality.

“That’s what we are aiming for. The cost would be very attractive,” he said. The technology development work is said to be at an advanced stage, and a formal announcement is likely in a few months.

Sodium-ion technology is less expensive than the current Lithium-ion EV battery technology. “It’s like LFP (Lithium ferro phosphate) battery performance in the cost of a lead acid battery,” Bala Pachyappa, a serial entrepreneur and CEO of the Coimbatore-based Sodium Energy, a battery startup, said. The cost of a Sodium-ion battery could be about half that of a Lithium-ion battery, he added. Depending on the vehicle segment, the share of a battery’s cost now in an EV is 40% to 60%.

Sodium Energy’s plans got delayed owing to some operational hurdles. But Pachyappa, a former CTO of Ampere Vehicles, said, “The technology is ready and commercial production may start shortly.”

One of the key advantages of the Sodium-ion battery technology is that it can be fully localised. The technical comparisons aside, the possibility of EVs powered by fully localised batteries is a big attraction.

“Lithium of course is the first choice for all. However, it has certain limitations, mainly of availability. We don’t want a situation where a few countries controlling the supply of oil and gas are replaced with a few others that will control the supply of Lithium,” Pandit said.

On the technical front, the Sodium-ion chemistry allows the battery to charge “faster”, to “almost 100% in 20 minutes, and still get a long life”. Such advantages could potentially make the Sodium-ion battery very competitive. “I think more and more companies will start working in this area,” he added. Pachyappa said that the Sodium-ion battery technology is also safer. “It will not burn. Depending on the type of adhesives used, it could be made smoke-free in case of any adverse incident,” he added.

The early mover advantage of the Lithium-ion technology, and the dynamic and constantly evolving EV industry’s dabbling with multiple ideas could be among the reasons for the less popularity of Sodium-ion technology in spite of its inherent benefits. Closure of a couple of Sodium-ion battery ventures, due to financial challenges, could also have had a negative impact on the technology’s prospects. At least one of them was also backed by Bill Gates.

However, the announcement of the world’s largest Lithium-ion battery manufacturer, China’s Contemporary Amperex Technology (CATL), to build Sodium-ion batteries, has given a big boost to the technology’s prospects, Pachyappa said.

That could also possibly help the years of development work by technopreneurs like Pandit, Pachyappa, and their peers who bet on Sodium-ion battery technology find results.

With the inherent advantage of the battery chemistry, non-dependence on imported raw material, and the promises of Sodium-ion technology developers, there could be some interesting changes in the battery compartment of EVs in the coming years; and perhaps in the prospects of the EV industry also.

Judging by the recency of the research, the research is still limited and is only beginning to gain ground slowly into the mainstream tech. Sodium mining is possible due to the abundant availability of sea salt and us being surrounded by the ocean on 3 sides. China is already looking to mass produce these batteries and the advantage is that these batteries can be localized in most countries (except the landlocked ones).

While naturally, companies like Apple will definitely want to capitalize on this and may develop products powered by these batteries, this would have a bigger impact on the rapidly emerging EV market. OLA has recently launch its electric scooters that looks promising as hell. These batteries could change the way our public or mass transport systems work - buses, auto rickshaws, taxis... all these could change.

Good to see this - such a marked change from the stupid socialist era of our early childhood. The remnants of the lazy times are leaving us.

 

[Ali_Baba]

Apple puts Indian iPhone factory 'on probation'

Hundreds of staff at Foxconn in Sriperumbudur were reportedly hit by food poisoning.

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Looks like the manufacturing will take a pause while they go on a good old fashioned indian strike ... lol... this is why India is not good at manufacturing.