iPhones being made in Chennai: Present, former ministers seek credit

Chennai: The present and former Communications Ministers are claiming credit for their respective governments in getting US phone maker Apple Inc to have its top end iPhone 11 manufactured at Foxconn’s plant near here.

Meanwhile, a top official of Indian Cellular & Electronics Association said soon there will be no cell phone imports.

Communications Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad, in a tweet on Friday, gave the chronology of manufacturing of top-end mobiles in India in the last few years.

“2020 – iPhone 11 2019 – iPhone 7 & XR 2018 – iPhone 6S 2017 – iPhone SE This chronology is a statement in itself as to how @narendramodi govt. has developed the mobile phone manufacturing ecosystem in India. It’s only a humble beginning,” he wrote.