Feb 15, 2023 12:21:00

50% of iPhone parts made in India fail

Considering all the risks, Apple is planning

to move the production base of the iPhone to India and Vietnam . However, it has been pointed out that the exterior of the iPhone produced at the factory in India has a low yield (percentage of good products) of 50%, and it is difficult to proceed with production as planned.

Apple's manufacturing shift to India hits stumbling blocks | Financial Times
https://www.ft.com/content/0d70a823-0fba-49ae-a453-2518afcb01f9

iPhone casings produced in India have 50% rejection rate
https://9to5mac.com/2023/02/14/iphone-casings-produced-in-india/

According to the financial newspaper Financial Times, in India, Hosur, a subsidiary of

the Tata Group , is producing the exterior of the iPhone, but only about half of the items sent to Foxconn, an assembly partner, are Apple. It seems that it will take time to improve the proficiency of the factory in order to get closer to the goal of zero rejection.

In this regard, it is reported that Chinese suppliers approach their work with an attitude of 'if you try, you can do it' and are achieving results that are very close to zero failures. Even if the work takes several weeks, it will be finished the next day.

Entrepreneur Vivek Wadhwa estimates that it will take about three years for Indian suppliers to achieve enough production to have a noticeable impact on production in China.

In addition, it is said that the plan to transfer the iPhone production base to India is progressing smoothly in the medium term, and it is expected that 50% of the iPhone will be produced in India by 2027.

Possibility that 50% of iPhone will be produced in India by 2027 - GIGAZINE