[mokash]

I will repost a comment I made about Apple and China in another post like 1.5 years ago:

"Apple are beholden to China. Sure, China is a huge market for them but I think the bigger issue is manufacturing: if they piss China off they won’t have anything to sell, anywhere! I’m sure Apple execs know this and I hope they’re quickly planning to reduce, if not remove this dependency."

[poisonborz]

It's not that simple. China doing such a drastic step would make every industry flee instantly. Lots of companies already do transfer tasks to India and Vietnam, Apple included.

[dylan604]

And how has that planning been going in those 18 months?

[iainmerrick]

Presumably that is something Apple will keep a closely-guarded secret, even more so than usual.

[jhayward]

https://www.gsmarena.com/apple_to_move_production_from_china...

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-foxconn-vietnam-apple-exc...

[mgreg]

Apple will soon start flagship iPhone 12 production on Indian soil for local customers, the company said on Tuesday

Apple supplier Wistron recently began trial production of the iPhone 12 at a new facility near Bengaluru, with full production set to begin soon. The iPhone 12 will be the seventh iPhone model to be manufactured in India, but the first high-end device to do so.

https://www.macrumors.com/2021/03/09/apple-iphone-12-product...