Apple has started making this iPhone in India

NEW DELHI: Apple has started manufacturing the iPhone 7 model in India, in addition to iPhone SE and iPhone 6s, thus widening its The cost of making iPhone 7 devices in India is cheaper than importing them due to the duty concessions any handset maker gets on local manufacturing, a move aimed at boosting the government’s Make in India initiative.
Apple’s latest move comes after Wistron recently received the government’s approval for its Rs5,000-crore proposal to expand its manufacturing capabilities with the aim of locally producing high-end Apple devices.
“iPhone 7 is a low risk kind of product for Apple to make out of India. To that extent, it (local manufacturing of iPhone 7) is about revalidating Apple’s India manufacturing capability before they scale up to other models,” said Navkender Singh, research director at IDC India.
He added that Apple will make more money at the same price points, owing to higher margins now.