Jakarta, CNBC Indonesia - China is beginning to be abandoned as the\ngiant centre of global smartphone manufacturing. This is due to the\nheated geopolitical relations between the United States (US) and China,\nwhich bring threats of high tariffs on products imported from Xi\nJinping\u2019s powerhouse nation.<\/p>\n
Seeing this opportunity, India is moving quickly to attract the\ninterest of global smartphone vendors to produce devices in its country.\nThis aligns with Prime Minister Narendra Modi\u2019s agenda to boost domestic\nmanufacturing.<\/p>\n
India is targeting an expansion of electronic device manufacturing to\nreach US$500 billion by 2030, quoted from Reuters, Friday\n(13\/3\/2026).<\/p>\n
India has produced smartphones worth nearly US$60 billion in fiscal\nyear 2024-2025. That figure jumped 28-fold compared to the previous\ndecade, according to government data.<\/p>\n
Even exports of smartphones for the same period surged to nearly\nUS$21.7 billion, or a 127-fold increase from the previous decade.\nSmartphones are India\u2019s largest export product throughout 2025.<\/p>\n
With these facts, it is not excessive to call India the new \u2018king\u2019 of\nsmartphones that will replace China\u2019s position.<\/p>\n
Apple is one of the smartphone kings most aggressively moving iPhone\nproduction facilities from China to India. A Bloomberg report some time\nago stated that 55 million iPhones were produced in India throughout\n2025. That number rose by about 53% from the previous year, which was\n\u2018only\u2019 36 million iPhone units.<\/p>\n
The large amount of iPhone production in India is equivalent to\nroughly a quarter of global iPhone production. According to the\nBloomberg report, total annual iPhone production is around 220-230\nmillion units.<\/p>\n
New Delhi is considering linking new incentives to exports to\nencourage more globally competitive production, said an Indian official.\nThe incentives are likely to include investments starting from April\nthis year, the official added.<\/p>\n
Previously, smartphone industry leaders like Apple and Samsung relied\non India\u2019s national production incentive scheme, a programme worth\nnearly US$21 billion designed to rival China\u2019s factory power. However,\nthat incentive programme ends this month and is planned to be\nrenewed.<\/p>\n
The incentive programme helped Apple produce the most expensive and\nlatest iPhone models in India, after previously only producing cheaper\nmodels. Trump\u2019s high tariffs on China also drove some production\nshifts.<\/p>\n
India\u2019s Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology has held\nconsultations with industry regarding the design of a new incentive\nscheme, said an industry executive familiar with the discussions. The\nministry did not immediately respond to an email requesting comment.<\/p>", "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/chinese-made-smartphones-begin-to-be-abandoned-new-king-emerges-suddenly-1776081069", "image": "" }, "sponsor": "Okusi Associates", "sponsor_url": "https:\/\/okusiassociates.com" }