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Apple is shifting more iPhone production to India ahead of next month’s iPhone 17 launch, Bloomberg reports. The company will build all four iPhone 17 models there, and for the first time US-bound shipments for the entire lineup will come from India at launch.
Is Apple considering the unthinkable? A new report claims that the base model of iPhone 18 won't be released next fall.
Apple is set to keep the low-cost iPhone ('e') in its lineup for a second year in a row. The SE, which was replaced by the iPhone 16e earlier this year,
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India gets more Apple production as White House ups pressure on oil deals
Apple is pushing more iPhone production into India while the White House hits the country with new trade threats over its growing ties with Russia.
That's a big problem for Apple, because it means fewer iPhone sales and the risk of losing market share to rivals, including Samsung. According to data from Telemetry, the most commonly owned iPhone is the iPhone 13, representing 16.3% of all iPhones in use.
While we don't yet know the new iPhones Apple will be dropping this fall — though there are iPhone 17 rumors — we do know, per Apple's site, that the phones listed below will be compatible with iOS 26. Basically, if you have an iPhone that was announced in 2019 or later, you're in the clear:
Commentary: As someone who has been writing about the iPhone for over a decade, I'm ready to see Apple step it up in this perhaps unexpected way.
According to Bloomberg, both Foxconn and Tata are now assembling the full iPhone 17 series in India, including the premium Pro models. Production is taking place at Tata’s Hosur facility and Foxconn’s Bengaluru plant,
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