Apple is reportedly moving faster to relocate more of its production to countries outside China and reduce its longtime dependence on Taiwan-based contract manufacturing giant Foxconn.
Eventually, the Cupertino-based electronics giant aims to ship 40-45% of iPhones from India, while Vietnam will emerge as a hub to produce other items including AirPods, watches and laptops, according to Ming-chi Kuo, a supply chain analyst at TF International Securities in Taipei and widely regarded as the world’s foremost Apple watcher.