Taipai: Taiwanese smartphone manufacturer is to start the mass production of iPhones in India this year.

Addressing an event, Foxconn's Chairman Terry Gou said that the move "will get Foxconn more deeply involved in the development of the country's smartphone industry", reports Patently Apple. "In the future, we will play an important role in India's smartphone industry."

He also revealed plans to retire, signalling handing over of the baton to young management that would run the world's largest electronics contract manufacturer. Foxconn is already expanding its manufacturing operations in India, especially at its Sriperumbudur (Chennai) facility.

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Tarun Pathak, Associate Director at Hong Kong-based Counterpoint Research, told IANS, "To start with, it makes sense for Apple to localise assembling of models that have the potential to scale up and then slowly expand it to the entire portfolio.”

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A CNBC report in December said Apple would begin assembling its top-end iPhones in India through the local unit of Foxconn as early as 2019. "Importantly, Foxconn will be assembling the most expensive models, such as devices in the flagship iPhone X family, potentially taking Apple's business in India to a new level," reported CNBC.

 Apple in March started the assembling of iPhone 7 at its other supplier Wistron's facility in Bengaluru. Taiwanese industrial major Wistron assembles iPhone 6S in the country.