(JW Insights) May 8 -- Apple supplier Wistron will withdraw from India after doing business there for more than fifteen years, said a Hindu Business Line report on May 1.It was reported earlier that the Taiwanese electronics company also shut down its plant in Taizhou, eastern China’s Shand...
What specifically will be constructed by Wistron in India is not known.Wistron was originally the manufacturing arm of Acer, before it was spun off in 2000. The company has been previously rumored to be involved in the construction of Apple flagship phones dating back to the iPhone 6, the ...
The irony is Apple thinks it can make a smartphone costing 30K INR - right now only high income class can truly afford a iPhone. Unless they put out compelling product which can beat OnePlus - which I don't think is possible its just a bad decision. Beside this INDIA is a value for ...
If Apple chooses to source iPhone construction from Wistron, the manufacturer's presence in India will help offset deferred product sourcing requirements possibly holding up Apple stores in the country. Should Apple extend its retail presence to India, at the end of three...
Wistron's current production capacity is not enough to cover consumer demand in India, with Apple still relying on imports to make up the bulk of purchases in the market. Increased production would enable Apple to avoid a proposedluxury goods tax, one designed to discourage spending o...
Apple has announced that production has restarted at assembly partner Wistron's Narasapura, India facility after December riots shut it down — but the company is still under probation. Workers at the plant had been manufacturing theiPhone 7and second-generationiPhone SE. In January, analysts from...
Apple's iPhone SE supplier in India, Wistron, has reportedly identified a few areas where it could build a new plant to continue building the company's products locally.
Apple production partner Wistron has successfully received approval to develop more land in India to fuel expansion for its manufacturing efforts, a move that could lead to the firm producing the iPhone 6s in the region in the future. The Karnataka state government has giv...
The positive move by Wistron comes as Apple starts ramping up efforts to bring online and in-store sales to customers in India for the first time. Up until recently, Apple device sales in India had to be done through third-party retailers, as Apple didn't have permission to sell devices ...
Apple has finally started to assemble iPhones in India, the Cupertino company has confirmed, with local manufacturing partners said to have commenced production of the iPhone SE earlier this month, and initial shipments for domestic customers expected to take place within the next few ...