Taiwanese electronics giant Foxconn, the largest manufacturer of iPhones, has started operation at its Bengaluru factory with the production of iPhone 17, sources aware of the development said.
“Foxconn Bengaluru unit has commenced operation with the production of iPhone 17. This is in addition to the production of iPhone 17 at its Chennai unit,” sources said, although neither Apple nor Foxconn commented on the development.
Foxconn is the largest manufacturer of iPhones, and its factory in Devanahalli near Bengaluru is its second-largest facility outside China.
Being set up at an investment of USD 2.8 billion (about ₹25,000 crore), the unit will be manufacturing iPhone 17 at a small scale to start with.
The unit had faced brief interruptions recently when hundreds of Chinese engineers engaged here went back abruptly.
However, Foxconn has been able to get experts from various destinations, including Taiwan, to address the gap.
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Sources say Apple plans to increase iPhone production to 60 million units this year, from about 35-40 million units in 2024-25.
In the year ended March 31, 2025, the company assembled 60 per cent more iPhones in India, worth an estimated USD 22 billion.
During the second-quarter earnings call, Apple CEO, Tim Cook, had announced that all iPhones sold in the US in the June quarter originated from India.
According to an analysis by S&P Global, iPhone sales in the US were 75.9 million units in 2024, with March exports from India at 3.1 million units, suggesting a need to double shipments either through new capacity or redirecting shipments bound for the domestic market.
Apple's supplies within India grew by 21.5 per cent annually to 5.9 million units in the first half of 2025, with iPhone 16 being the highest-shipped model across the country during the period.
During the second quarter, Apple's iPhone supplies in India grew 19.7 per cent year-on-year in the June 2025 quarter, clocking 7.5 per cent market share in the country's smartphone market.
The overall smartphone market in India during the June quarter was led by Chinese smartphone maker Vivo, which captured 19 per cent share, as per IDC.
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