It’s one more time Ming Chi Kuo which confirms it: the 6.1-inch iPhone 14 (i.e. the base model) will leave the factory in India from their debut. This is the first time such a change has occurred so quickly; Apple typically diversifies its production a few months after it starts taking its first orders from China, where Foxconn has historically been installed.

company from Taiwan However, it has been in the spotlight since Nancy Pelosi’s visit rocked geopolitical ties between the Middle Kingdom and the United States. Therefore, it is easy to understand the choice of subcontractors to target the Indian peninsula this time, which also allows Apple to reduce its production costs thanks to a more affordable workforce.

My recent survey shows that Foxconn’s iPhone production site in India will ship the new 6.1″ iPhone 14 almost at the same time as China for the first time in 2H22 (India trailed by a quarter or more in the past).

— (Ming-Chi Kuo) (@mingchikuo) August 5, 2022

No delays expected?

Still according to Ming-Chi Kuo, the iPhone 14 from the Indian circuit must be shipped from second half of 2022, which corresponds to the regular Cupertino calendar. Our analysts didn’t specify whether this information also concerns the iPhone 14 Pro, iPhone 14 Max, and iPhone 14 Pro Max, but we do know that China may take over for certain models. Indeed, local production capacity was much higher than the former British colony could offer.

Therefore, this bodes well for purchases in the Apple Store, expected from the month September even in October if Apple runs into some of the problems it did in 2020. Great news, especially when you know that some MacBooks are still hard to get hold of right now, probably due to a component shortage in Asia.

Bonus for going faster

With this, the signed report Economic Age explained to us that Foxconn is in the process of expanding one of its largest companies located in the Indian region of Tamil Nadu, near Chennai. And if that’s not enough, he whispers too employees offered bonus to return to work after the pandemic, so as to increase iPhone production rates. Therefore, the engine is running: see you this fall.