Apple making iPhone XR in India, expanding operations: IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad

NEW DELHI: Tech titan Apple has started production of iPhone XR in India for domestic market and exports, underlining the government’s efforts to bolster mobile manufacturing in the country, IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said on Monday.

The minister also said that Salcomp, the world’s largest manufacturer and a major supplier of chargers to Apple for iPhone, has reached an agreement to take over closed facility of Nokia in a SEZ near Chennai.