Apple starts making iPhone 11 in India

New Delhi

US technology giant Apple has started manufacturing iPhone 11 at Foxconn’s facility in Tamil Nadu, according to official sources. This is the fifth model of iPhone which Apple has started manufacturing in the country. “2020 - iPhone 11, 2019 - iPhone 7 & XR, 2018 - iPhone 6S, 2017 - iPhone SE.

This chronology is a statement in itself as to how @narendramodi govt. has developed the mobile phone manufacturing ecosystem in India. It’s only a humble beginning,” Telecom and IT minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said in a tweet.

According to industry sources aware of the development told PTI that ‘Foxconn has been assembling iPhone 11 at the Sriperumbudur facility for a few months and the devices were available in the market from last month. Foxconn also makes the XR for Apple. Wistron makes iPhone 7.’ Apple and Foxccon did not comment on the matter.