Apple moves away from China: for the first time, iPhone production will be launched simultaneously in India

Apple's key partner, Foxconn, has iPhone production lines outside of China, for example, in

However, Chinese manufacturing remained the most important when it came to global iPhone shipments.This time, however, Apple may start production of the iPhone 14 simultaneously in India and China.

The message came from a trusted analystMing-Chi Kuo. He revealed that at least one of the new iPhone 14 models will be produced in India at the same time as China. If true, this would be the first such case.

As Kuo notes, in a normal situation, to startProduction of a new iPhone outside of China usually takes several months. For example, Foxconn started assembling the iPhone 13 in India in April of this year, with production starting in Brazil a few weeks later.

According to Kuo, the production capacity of the iPhone 14 in India will be in the short termnot enough to fill the gap caused by China's manufacturing problems, but it's still a "major milestone for Apple" when it comes toabout expanding iPhone production elsewhere.