Welcome to the TechMemein right home for Monday, April 28th, 2025. I'm Brian McCullough. Today is Apple's 20th anniversary iPhone the reason they can't quit China just yet.

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Mark German, Apple Scoop Monday, back to the manufacturing iPhones in India thing. Turns out there might be one

big fly in the ointment for Apple, the big plans that they have for the 20th anniversary iPhone.

Quote, as of right now, Apple has enough capacity in India to meet roughly a third of annual U.S.

demand. upcoming factories in India, including one intended to

be the second biggest iPhone plant in the world, would help Apple get the rest of the way there.

This past week, we reported that Apple is aiming to produce the bulk of its U.S. iPhones in India by

2027. While I do ultimately expect this to happen, it's far from a sure thing. There is no

telling how the tariff policies will change tomorrow,

let alone 18 months from now. But even if Apple does move the bulk of U.S.-bound iPhone manufacturing

to India, it almost certainly won't cover everything. Apple is working on two major new iPhone models

for the device's 20-year anniversary. The original model was announced at the start of

2007 and released later in the year, so there's a little wiggle room around the timing of its

birthday. That includes the company's first foldable and a new more glass-centric pro model. The idea

that Apple would want to build those devices outside of its China comfort zone is slim, at least at the

outset. While Apple's manufacturing in India has reached parity with China in terms of current iPhone

quality, the 20th year anniversary models are extraordinarily complex. They'll require new parts

and production techniques, making it far from a certainty that Apple will be able to build

those outside of China. At some point, yes, but certainly not by the year 2027. Keep in mind,

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