Foreign media reported that although 90% of Apple's iPhone 15 is still manufactured in mainland China, Apple still continues to promote its India manufacturing plan, hoping to create a supply chain that is balanced with China's supply chain. Faced with Apple's urgency, India is not in a hurry up.
It is understood that when Apple is negotiating with India, it hopes that India will give tax incentives to help Foxconn and other foundries and industrial chains build factories in India. After all, in the past, when Foxconn and other foundries set up factories in other regions, they can always get Free land and many tax incentives, plus Apple is an American company, Apple thinks that India will definitely agree.
However, India understands Apple's mentality better. In today's environment, Apple continues a brand new supply chain to ensure the production capacity of iPhone 15. After all, due to changes in the global economy and various environments, Apple is a little worried about the risks of being highly dependent on Chinese manufacturing. Therefore, India stated that it will not give Apple tax incentives, and India believes that even so, Apple will still promote manufacturing in India.
India has such confidence because the production of the iPhone requires a lot of manpower and material resources. Among many markets in the world, except India, no other country can provide human resources like China. Before Apple’s development in Vietnam, it faced a shortage of human resources. The problem.
The other is that India has always been strong. It has used tax issues as an excuse to take advantage of many global companies such as Chinese mobile phones, Nokia, Vodafone, and Amazon, and does not care about the influence of American companies. Maybe you can use this weapon against Apple.
Both Apple and India can be said to be masters of empty gloves. The conditions were too harsh, and only Foxconn, which was still weak at the time, was willing to accept the order.
Foxconn immediately built factories in mainland China on a large scale, made many promises in various places, obtained free land and even built factories. Later, Apple unexpectedly won the market's recognition, and Foxconn became the world's largest mobile phone OEM. It can be said that Foxconn and The rise of Apple is a model of empty-handed white wolves.
India is also a master of empty gloves and white wolves. Chinese mobile phones have set up factories in India under the temptation of the Indian market. Over the past few years, Chinese mobile phones have gained an advantage in the Indian mobile phone market. A fine, and this year suddenly confiscated 4.8 billion yuan in deposits from a Chinese mobile phone company; Wistron, another Apple foundry, rushed to set up a factory in India, thinking that it could replicate its success in China, but it took only two years for the Indian consortium to make a strong acquisition With Wistron's Indian factory, Wistron has almost withdrawn from the mobile phone OEM industry.
It can be said that Wistron has been pitted by India. Since Wistron withdrew from the Indian market, almost all iPhones made in India are now handed over to Foxconn. Apple has not cooperated with the Indian consortium that acquired Wistron, which shows that Apple is not willing to be manipulated by the Indian consortium. However, after such a setback in India, Apple still continues to promote manufacturing in India, which can be described as obsession.
In fact, even though Foxconn has already produced iPhones in India, the accessories needed for iPhones need to be imported from China, which is still closely related to Chinese manufacturing, not to mention that 90% of iPhones are still made in China. Chinese manufacturing has always been efficient, efficient Known for its reliability and high quality, Apple has chosen to manufacture iPhones in India. However, the yield rate of iPhones made in India is only 50%, and the quality is low. It can be said that Apple has completely asked for trouble.