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 by AFP Staff Writers Mumbai (AFP) Sept 26, 2022
Apple will manufacture its new flagship smartphone in India, the US tech giant said Monday, as it seeks to diversify production away from a dependence on China. The iPhone supply chain is based mainly in China but the country's zero-Covid policies and tensions with the United States have hurt production, analysts say. "We're excited to be manufacturing iPhone 14 in India," Apple said in a brief statement. The California-based firm already makes older iPhone models in India via Taiwanese manufacturers such as Foxconn, which has a factory in the southern state of Tamil Nadu. The latest announcement comes just weeks after Apple launched new smartphones. The tech behemoth is commencing production of the iPhone 14 in India much earlier than it did for previous models, Canalys analyst Sanyam Chaurasia said. "Over the last couple of years, it has been increasingly diversifying its supply chain to India," Chaurasia told AFP. About 7.5 million iPhones -- around three percent of Apple's global production -- were made in India last year, the analyst added. "We expect that the local production of iPhones could reach more than 11 million this year," he said. Apple's announcement will be a boost to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's "Make in India" strategy under which he has urged foreign businesses to manufacture goods in the South Asian nation. grk/axn
Voice-operated smartphones target Africa's illiterate Abidjan (AFP) Sept 9, 2022 Voice-operated smartphones are aiming at a vast yet widely overlooked market in sub-Saharan Africa - the tens of millions of people who face huge challenges in life because they cannot read or write. In Ivory Coast, a so-called "Superphone" using a vocal assistant that responds to commands in a local language is being pitched to the large segment of the population - as many as 40 percent - who are illiterate. Developed and assembled locally, the phone is designed to make everyday tasks more a ... read more
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