[Mobile China News] Recently, according to mobile China, there are foreign media reports that Apple's production operations in India are difficult to expand due to low component production and slow progress. On average, only one out of every two iPhone cases made at the Hosur factory operated by Apple supplier Tata meets the standards and is sent to Foxconn for assembly. The 50% compliance rate is very low, which is not only contrary to Apple's "zero defect" manufacturing and environmental goals, but also very "ugly" even in other production operations.

A former Apple engineer told the press that iPhone suppliers in China have taken a "desperate approach to winning iPhone orders, often completing their workloads weeks ahead of schedule at an" inexplicable pace." In addition, the engineer also said that production operations in India are not running at the speed of factories in China because there is no sense of urgency here.

At present, Apple is working to improve the manufacturing capacity in India. Apple has sent product designers and engineers from California and China to the South Indian plant to train locals and help set up production operations, according to industry sources.

Apple has been producing entry-level iPhone models in India since 2017, and the iPhone SE is the first model to be produced there. In 2022, Apple significantly increased its production in India, producing some models of the iPhone 14 in India just weeks after the Chinese launch.

According to media reports, Indian company Tata is interested in becoming a future full service provider for Apple and is in talks with Wistron, a contract manufacturer of Apple's iPhone. But Apple's long-term plan is to diversify its global supply chain.