Take an increase in export taxes, add to ita hint of mass surveillanceeta nationwide epidemicand you will get the explosive cocktail that causes multipleretardsin Apple's orders to its subcontractors. This problematic situation was even confirmed by Tim Cook himself, thenquantified by a renowned analyst.
It is therefore logical for the firm with its donut-shaped HQ to do everything to stem the phenomenon. While the first factories opened last year in this direction, here is a new plan torelocationconfirms the desire to leave Beijing to manufacture products in India.
A key component in the design of iPhones
More precisely, it is theprinted circuitintegrated into all iPhone models that would be affected. This would cost more than half the CAC* of the mobiles sold and is connected to other elements essential to the proper functioning of iOS such as the A13 processors or RAM.
It isWistron, a major Apple supplier based in Taiwan, which plans to open a new industrial premises a few dozen kilometers from Bangalore to manage this operation. We do not know more about the number of employees who will be dedicated to this activity, but the opening is planned for April.
If the subcontinent attracts the company created by Jobs and Wozniak so much, it is because the sums requested for the importation of each device to the United States only amounted to10%until now. This amount should nevertheless double in the next quarter.
*CAC= acquisition cost per user (customer acquisition costin English)
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By : Keleops AG
