Explained: How Apple is moving iPhone production from China to India and other countries

NEW DELHI: A violent workers’ revolt at the world’s largest iPhone factory in central China has left Apple scrambling for supplies as roughly 5% of iPhone 14 sales are likely off the table due to these brutal shutdowns in China.

The troubles began in October when workers left the factory campus in Zhengzhou, the capital of the central province of Henan, due to Covid fears. Short on staff, bonuses were offered to workers to return. But protests broke out last week when the newly hired staff said management had reneged on their promises.

The ongoing production shutdown at Foxconn’s campus in Zhengzhou is likely to speed up the pace of diversification away from China to countries like India.