{"id":1303959,"date":"2025-12-21T12:59:56","date_gmt":"2025-12-21T07:29:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/?p=1303959"},"modified":"2025-12-21T13:00:26","modified_gmt":"2025-12-21T07:30:26","slug":"apple-will-partner-with-indian-chipmakers-to-assemble-iphone-components","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/apple-will-partner-with-indian-chipmakers-to-assemble-iphone-components\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple Will Partner With Indian Chipmakers To Assemble iPhone Components"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Apple is reported to be in preliminary talks with Indian semiconductor companies to assemble and package certain iPhone components, according to a report citing sources familiar with the discussions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"465\" src=\"https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Untitled-design-20.jpg\" alt=\"Apple Will Partner With Indian Chipmakers To Assemble iPhone Components\" class=\"wp-image-1303981\" srcset=\"https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Untitled-design-20.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Untitled-design-20-300x140.jpg 300w, https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Untitled-design-20-768x357.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">xr:d:DAFDjMnt1BY:5,j:28574035030,t:22061404<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This marks the first instance of Apple exploring the assembly and packaging of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/india\/apple-talks-with-indian-chip-makers-assembly-packaging-iphone-parts-et-reports-2025-12-17\/\">some chips within India<\/a>, signaling a possible shift in its manufacturing strategy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Apple in Early Talks With Indian Chipmakers to Assemble iPhone Components<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The report noted that while it is not yet clear which specific chips would be handled at the proposed facility in Sanand, Gujarat, display-related chips are considered the most likely candidates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Apple has reportedly held discussions with CG Semi, a company owned by the Murugappa Group, which is currently setting up an outsourced semiconductor assembly and test (OSAT) facility in Sanand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Reuters said it was unable to independently confirm the Economic Times report at the time of publication.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Neither Apple nor CG Semi provided immediate responses to Reuters\u2019 requests for comment on the reported discussions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>CG Semi told the Economic Times that it does not comment on market speculation or conversations with individual customers, adding, \u201cWe will make appropriate disclosures as and when there is something concrete to share.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Apple Targets India for Majority of U.S. iPhone Production by 2026<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Apple has been working toward a goal of manufacturing most of the iPhones sold in the United States at factories in India by the end of 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The company is accelerating this shift in production to reduce exposure to potential tariff risks in China, which remains its primary manufacturing hub.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In April, the United States imposed import duties of 26% on goods from India, a rate significantly lower than the tariffs of over 100% that were applied to Chinese products at the same time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The U.S. government has since suspended most of these duties for a three-month period, with the exception of tariffs on Chinese imports.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Apple is reported to be in preliminary talks with Indian semiconductor companies to assemble and package certain iPhone components, according to a report citing sources familiar with the discussions. This marks the first instance of Apple exploring the assembly and packaging of some chips within India, signaling a possible shift in its manufacturing strategy. Apple [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":1303981,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[381,677],"class_list":["post-1303959","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-technology","tag-india","tag-iphones"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Apple Will Partner With Indian Chipmakers To Assemble iPhone Components - Trak.in - Indian Business of Tech, Mobile &amp; Startups<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/apple-will-partner-with-indian-chipmakers-to-assemble-iphone-components\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Apple Will Partner With Indian Chipmakers To Assemble iPhone Components - Trak.in - Indian Business of Tech, Mobile &amp; Startups\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Apple is reported to be in preliminary talks with Indian semiconductor companies to assemble and package certain iPhone components, according to a report citing sources familiar with the discussions. This marks the first instance of Apple exploring the assembly and packaging of some chips within India, signaling a possible shift in its manufacturing strategy. Apple [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/apple-will-partner-with-indian-chipmakers-to-assemble-iphone-components\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Trak.in - Indian Business of Tech, Mobile &amp; Startups\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-12-21T07:29:56+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-12-21T07:30:26+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Untitled-design-20.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1000\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"465\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Radhika Kajarekar\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Radhika Kajarekar\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/apple-will-partner-with-indian-chipmakers-to-assemble-iphone-components\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/apple-will-partner-with-indian-chipmakers-to-assemble-iphone-components\/\",\"name\":\"Apple Will Partner With Indian Chipmakers To Assemble iPhone Components - Trak.in - Indian Business of Tech, Mobile &amp; Startups\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/apple-will-partner-with-indian-chipmakers-to-assemble-iphone-components\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/apple-will-partner-with-indian-chipmakers-to-assemble-iphone-components\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Untitled-design-20.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-12-21T07:29:56+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-12-21T07:30:26+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/#\/schema\/person\/3d6ff61ba47715670139663cc4767b1c\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/apple-will-partner-with-indian-chipmakers-to-assemble-iphone-components\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/apple-will-partner-with-indian-chipmakers-to-assemble-iphone-components\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/apple-will-partner-with-indian-chipmakers-to-assemble-iphone-components\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Untitled-design-20.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Untitled-design-20.jpg\",\"width\":1000,\"height\":465,\"caption\":\"xr:d:DAFDjMnt1BY:5,j:28574035030,t:22061404\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/apple-will-partner-with-indian-chipmakers-to-assemble-iphone-components\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Apple Will Partner With Indian Chipmakers To Assemble iPhone Components\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/\",\"name\":\"Trak.in - Indian Business of Tech, Mobile &amp; Startups\",\"description\":\"Trak.in is a popular Indian Business, Technology, Mobile &amp; Startup blog featuring trending News, views and analytical take on Technology, Business, Finance, Telecom, Mobile, startups &amp; Social Media Space\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/#\/schema\/person\/3d6ff61ba47715670139663cc4767b1c\",\"name\":\"Radhika Kajarekar\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f1db673eec2bc1089f0cb5aabbc342d28aa6e57f0b0ade5099ce322f0a984358?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f1db673eec2bc1089f0cb5aabbc342d28aa6e57f0b0ade5099ce322f0a984358?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Radhika Kajarekar\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/author\/radhika-kajarekar\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Apple Will Partner With Indian Chipmakers To Assemble iPhone Components - Trak.in - Indian Business of Tech, Mobile &amp; Startups","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/apple-will-partner-with-indian-chipmakers-to-assemble-iphone-components\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Apple Will Partner With Indian Chipmakers To Assemble iPhone Components - Trak.in - Indian Business of Tech, Mobile &amp; Startups","og_description":"Apple is reported to be in preliminary talks with Indian semiconductor companies to assemble and package certain iPhone components, according to a report citing sources familiar with the discussions. This marks the first instance of Apple exploring the assembly and packaging of some chips within India, signaling a possible shift in its manufacturing strategy. Apple [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/apple-will-partner-with-indian-chipmakers-to-assemble-iphone-components\/","og_site_name":"Trak.in - Indian Business of Tech, Mobile &amp; Startups","article_published_time":"2025-12-21T07:29:56+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-12-21T07:30:26+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1000,"height":465,"url":"https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Untitled-design-20.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Radhika Kajarekar","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Radhika Kajarekar","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/apple-will-partner-with-indian-chipmakers-to-assemble-iphone-components\/","url":"https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/apple-will-partner-with-indian-chipmakers-to-assemble-iphone-components\/","name":"Apple Will Partner With Indian Chipmakers To Assemble iPhone Components - Trak.in - Indian Business of Tech, Mobile &amp; Startups","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/apple-will-partner-with-indian-chipmakers-to-assemble-iphone-components\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/apple-will-partner-with-indian-chipmakers-to-assemble-iphone-components\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Untitled-design-20.jpg","datePublished":"2025-12-21T07:29:56+00:00","dateModified":"2025-12-21T07:30:26+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/#\/schema\/person\/3d6ff61ba47715670139663cc4767b1c"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/apple-will-partner-with-indian-chipmakers-to-assemble-iphone-components\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/apple-will-partner-with-indian-chipmakers-to-assemble-iphone-components\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/apple-will-partner-with-indian-chipmakers-to-assemble-iphone-components\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Untitled-design-20.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Untitled-design-20.jpg","width":1000,"height":465,"caption":"xr:d:DAFDjMnt1BY:5,j:28574035030,t:22061404"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/apple-will-partner-with-indian-chipmakers-to-assemble-iphone-components\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Apple Will Partner With Indian Chipmakers To Assemble iPhone Components"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/#website","url":"https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/","name":"Trak.in - Indian Business of Tech, Mobile &amp; Startups","description":"Trak.in is a popular Indian Business, Technology, Mobile &amp; Startup blog featuring trending News, views and analytical take on Technology, Business, Finance, Telecom, Mobile, startups &amp; Social Media Space","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/#\/schema\/person\/3d6ff61ba47715670139663cc4767b1c","name":"Radhika Kajarekar","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f1db673eec2bc1089f0cb5aabbc342d28aa6e57f0b0ade5099ce322f0a984358?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f1db673eec2bc1089f0cb5aabbc342d28aa6e57f0b0ade5099ce322f0a984358?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Radhika Kajarekar"},"url":"https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/author\/radhika-kajarekar\/"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Untitled-design-20.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1303959","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/25"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1303959"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1303959\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1303982,"href":"https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1303959\/revisions\/1303982"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1303981"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1303959"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1303959"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1303959"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}