iPhone 16 Professional field sticker appears to verify a latest rumor

In a bid to scale back its reliance on China, Apple has steadily been diverting manufacturing to India, although the majority of iPhones are nonetheless assembled in China.

Beforehand, solely the usual fashions have been produced in India, with Apple making a public show of confidence in India’s skill to fabricate new fashions final yr by promoting India-made commonplace iPhone 15 variants on launch day for the primary time.

Apple will begin producing the Professional fashions in India this yr with the assistance companions Foxconn, Pegatron India, and the Tata Group. The made-in-India iPhone 16 Professional and Professional Max will reportedly not be out there at launch although and are not anticipated to hit the cabinets till after a couple of weeks of the worldwide launch, which ought to happen someday in September.

Apple has been attempting to scale back its reliance on China and monetary incentives supplied by the Indian authorities are actually serving to. Within the fiscal yr ended March 2024, 14 % of iPhones have been made in India.

Because the demand for the Professional fashions is modest in India on account of their excessive costs, nearly all of the iPhone 16 Professional and Professional Max variants assembled within the nation will likely be exported to the US, the Center East, and Europe.