Foxconn has gained its first contract to supply AirPods for Apple.
The Taiwanese contract producer plans to construct a manufacturing unit in India to supply the earphones, underlining efforts by the important thing Apple provider to diversify manufacturing away from China.
Based on the report from Reuters, Foxconn will make investments greater than $200 million in a brand new AirPods meeting plant within the southern Indian state of Telangana.
Development of the ability is anticipated to begin within the second half of this yr and start manufacturing by the top of 2024 on the earliest.
Foxconn officers are rumored to have debated internally for months as as to whether or to not assemble AirPods given the comparatively low revenue margins. The corporate is alleged to have determined to go forward with the deal to “reinforce engagement” with Apple.
It’s unknown as to which fashions of AirPods are included in Foxconn’s order, though there’s a excessive likelihood they may embrace a USB-C connector as a substitute of a Lightning connector, as Apple is rumored to be planning to introduce iPhone 15 fashions with a USB-C port as a substitute of a Lightning port in 2023.
Keep tuned for extra particulars as they change into accessible.
Through MacRumors and Reuters
