BIG! Tata Group likely to manufacture iPhones in India: All you need to know

A new report has revealed that Tata Group is in discussions with Taiwanese supplier Wistron, to build a joint venture plant for the manufacture of Apple's iPhones in India. The venture would be the Indian salt-to-software group's latest push into technology manufacturing as it taps Wistron's expertise in product development, supply chain and assembly, said Reuters in a report quoting Bloomberg.

According to the report, Apple has a few Indian partners who manufacture iPhones for the company such as Foxconn, Wistron, and Pegatron. And this report suggests that  the major Indian conglomerate Tata Group is likely planning to manufacture the Apple iPhone in India soon.

The plan could result in the Tata group buying equity in Wistron's India operations or the two companies building a new assembly plant, or executing both those moves, the report added. Apple has bet big on India since it began iPhone assembly in the country in 2017 via Wistron and later with Foxconn, in line with the Indian government's push for local manufacturing. Within the next two months, Apple plans to produce the iPhone 14 in India. 

In related news, pre-orders for the newly-launched iPhone 14, ‌iPhone 14‌ Plus, iPhone 14 Pro, and ‌iPhone 14 Pro‌ Max in India will begin on Friday, September 9 at 5:30 PM IST. Following pre-orders on September 9, the first ‌iPhone 14‌, ‌iPhone 14 Pro‌, ‌iPhone 14‌ Pro Max orders will arrive to customers on Friday, September 16. However, ‌iPhone 14‌ Plus orders will arrive on October 7.

in India, buyers can get iPhone 14 Pro for Rs 1,29,900 and iPhone 14 Pro Max for Rs 1,39,900, 6.1-inch iPhone 14 at Rs 79,900 and the 6.7-inch iPhone 14 Plus for Rs 89,900. Also, iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max will be available in deep purple, silver, gold, and space black in 128GB, 256GB, 512GB, and 1TB storage options and iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Plus will be available in midnight, blue, starlight color options.

With inputs from Reuters