oday, we bring you another news involving the Asian country. According to Nikkei sources , Apple would have asked its suppliers to move part of the production of Beats headphones and AirPods to Indian territory.
It is worth noting that this is not the first country outside China to produce Apple headphones. In 2019, we reported that the Cupertino company had given a green light to begin manufacturing trials in Vietnam. Currently, AirPods are made there and in China.
Also according to Nikkei sources , Apple has been talking to its suppliers to put this into practice as early as 2023 and that Foxconn (one of Apple's main partners) is getting ready to start manufacturing headphones. of Beats over there — and AirPods are expected to be made later as well.
Another Apple supplier, Luxshare Precision , would also be committed to helping manufacture the headphones in India, but as it is focused on manufacturing them in China and Vietnam, the start of production could be a little slower.
As we can see, Apple's idea is to increasingly diversify the production of its products, while trying to become less dependent on China - which still suffers from the effects caused by the pandemic of the new Coronavirus (COVID-19) and its zero-tolerance policy. Added to this, of course, is the trade war between the country and the United States — which, despite having diminished with the end of Donald Trump's administration, still has consequences.