Tech Giant Giving an impetus to its India manufacturing plans, Apple has started the assembling of iPhone 7 at its supplier Wistron's facility in Bengaluru. Taiwanese industrial major Wistron already assembles iPhone 6S in the country.
Apple told IANS, "We are proud to be producing iPhone 7 in Bengaluru for our local customers furthering our long-term commitment in India," The assembling of iPhone 7 began last month.
Accoding to the report, Wistron, which last year announced plans to invest Rs 3,000 crore in the Narasupra industrial sector in Karnataka's Kolar district, started Apple operations with assembling low-end iPhone SE and later iPhone 6S.
As per report, The company would set up an iPhone making unit in the 43 acres of land allotted to it, with employment potential of over 10,000 people.
The new Wistron facility is also set to manufacture a wider range of Apple's devices.
Associate Director at Hong Kong-based Counterpoint Research, Tarun Pathak, said that the Indian electronics market is growing fast and has gained a significant advantage on some of the competing countries. He told "I think to start with, it makes sense for Apple to localise assembling of models that have the potential to scale up and then slowly expands it to entire portfolio."
Talking about specifications, iPhone 7 runs iOS 12, is water-resistant and houses a 12MP camera, Retina HD display, great battery life and stereo speakers. The 32GB iPhone 7 costs Rs 39,900 while the 128GB variant Rs 49,900.
