In late 2024, Apple had begun assembling the iPhone 16 Pro models in India, marking the first time that the premium models were being made outside of China.
Apple has expanded its operation from assembling the budget iPhone SE in India for the local market in 2017 to making it a second manufacturing hub for the global iPhone rollout in 2025.
Experts estimate that Apple now assembles around 20 percent of all iPhones in India, having successfully reduced its reliance on China in that respect.
Apple exported iPhones worth around $17 billion from India in the fiscal year ended March 31, 2025, which would amount to roughly 70 percent of the country’s total smartphone exports that year.
Other major smartphone makers – including Samsung, Xiaomi, Oppo and even Google with its Pixel line – now manufacture devices in India.
