{"id":645,"date":"2023-03-16T10:26:36","date_gmt":"2023-03-16T11:26:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stormygrapes.net\/?p=645"},"modified":"2025-04-28T11:22:33","modified_gmt":"2025-04-28T11:22:33","slug":"airpods-to-be-manufactured-in-india-for-the-first-time-as-apple-prioritizes-supply-chain-diversification","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stormygrapes.net\/index.php\/2023\/03\/16\/airpods-to-be-manufactured-in-india-for-the-first-time-as-apple-prioritizes-supply-chain-diversification\/","title":{"rendered":"AirPods to be manufactured in India for the first time as Apple prioritizes supply chain diversification"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"feat-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/stormygrapes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/iPhone-City-lockdown.jpg\"><\/div>\n<p>A new deal between Foxconn and Apple will see AirPods manufactured in India for the first time. Via Reuters, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/india\/apple-supplier-foxconn-wins-airpod-order-plans-200-mln-factory-india-source-2023-03-16\/\">Foxconn is investing $200 million<\/a> in a new factory in India that will produce Apple\u2019s wireless earbuds, among other products.<\/p>\n<p>Although AirPods manufacturing offers much lower margins than what Foxconn makes on iPhone production, the company reportedly went ahead with the deal to \u201creinforce engagement\u201d with Apple. Apple specifically requested an Indian production site, as the company prioritizes diversification from China.<\/p>\n<p> <a data-layer-pagetype=\"post\" data-layer-postcategory=\"airpods\" data-layer-viewtype=\"taxonomy-ninetofive_guides\" data-post-id=\"870942\" href=\"https:\/\/9to5mac.com\/2023\/03\/16\/airpods-manufactured-india-foxconn\/#more-870942\" class=\"more-link\">more\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new deal between Foxconn and Apple will see AirPods [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":647,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-645","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-airpods"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stormygrapes.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/645","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stormygrapes.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stormygrapes.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stormygrapes.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stormygrapes.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=645"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/stormygrapes.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/645\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":648,"href":"https:\/\/stormygrapes.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/645\/revisions\/648"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stormygrapes.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/647"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stormygrapes.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=645"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stormygrapes.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=645"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stormygrapes.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=645"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}