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Foxconn Technology to kick off trial production of latest iPhones in India

In the first two months of 2019, Apple shipped about 150,000 devices in India

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Saritha Rai | Bloomberg
Foxconn Technology Group is within weeks of starting trial production of the latest iPhones in India as Apple seeks to revive its fortunes in the country, people familiar with the matter said.

The trial run of the iPhone X range of devices would come before Foxconn starts full-scale assembly at its factory outside Chennai, the people said, asking not to be identified as the plans are private. Wistron Corp. already produces older models, such as the iPhone 6s, iPhone SE and iPhone 7, at a plant in Bengaluru.

Apple has become a minor player in India with about 1 percent

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