According to CNBC reports, two people familiar with the matter revealed that India is exploring the transfer of some Apple iPad products from China to India, and Apple is continuing to discuss the matter with Indian officials.

Apple has been producing older iPhones in India for several years. But Apple announced earlier this year that it had started assembling its flagship iPhone 14 in southern India.

Analysts have been downgrading iPhone forecasts for the key holiday quarter after Apple issued a rare mid-quarter warning that iPhone shipments would be delayed due to China's lockdown as the outbreak at Apple's largest manufacturing plant, Foxconn's Zhengzhou plant, hit capacity. .

Earlier, the Wall Street Journal reported that Apple, stimulated by the turmoil at Hon Hai’s Zhengzhou plant, has accelerated its plan to move some production out of China, requiring suppliers to more actively plan to move assembly to countries such as India and Vietnam, and seeking to reduce the impact on assembly plants such as Hon Hai. rely. However, Alan Yeung, a former Foxconn executive, said that Vietnam and India are difficult to undertake the manufacture of Apple's high-end models.

Another source warned that a lack of highly skilled manpower and people with expertise in making highly complex devices such as iPads could slow down such plans in India.