A brand new manufacturing unit close to Hyderabad has already begun trial runs for the AirPods and is anticipated to enter the mass manufacturing stage early subsequent 12 months. Although China has been a large boon to Apple’s enterprise for a really very long time, the price of doing enterprise with the nation is turning into an excessive amount of to bear.

Most troublesome is the U.S. taking stringent measures towards the Chinese language tech business within the identify of nationwide safety. This additionally consists of president elect Donald Trump’s proposed tariffs which promise to make doing enterprise with China additional tough.

Apple’s shift away from Chinese language manufacturing — utilizing India and Vietnam principally — is a stark distinction from just a few years in the past when Tim Cook dinner defended selecting Chinese language labor. AirPods are already manufactured in Vietnam to an extent and it’s good to see Apple increasing its manufacturing services. This transfer undoubtedly alerts the tip of AirPods manufacturing in China within the close to future.

The most important hurdles to transferring manufacturing away from China are value and high quality assurance. Opening up new factories in different international locations isn’t any low cost endeavor. Corporations additionally need to weigh the price of labor within the new nation to Chinese language labor which may typically come out in favor of China.The Chinese language business — as Cook dinner defined — could be very superior. Apple can relaxation assured realizing that its gadgets can be manufactured as much as the requirements imposed by the corporate. Transferring manufacturing to different international locations typically ends in a drop in high quality and a ton of inventory going to waste till the manufacturing strategies are perfected.

Nevertheless, AirPods are a lot easier gadgets than the iPhone. I’m constructive that India shouldn’t have a lot hassle producing passable models if it’s capable of assemble the iPhone efficiently. The AirPods are glorious earphones — particularly contemplating that they’re client merchandise — and Apple wouldn’t dare compromise on high quality.

So no worries in case your subsequent pair of AirPods comes from India: you’ll nonetheless be getting some glorious audio gear.