According to foreign media reports, there is evidence that Apple plans to assemble a new iPhone in Brazil, the iPhone SE. On April 16, Apple released an iPhone SE, a smartphone with a price of $ 399, which lowered the starting price of the mobile phone product line.
When Apple announced the launch of the new iPhone SE, some pictures of the iPhone were displayed on the Brazilian Apple website. The back of the picture was engraved with "Indústria Brasileira" (also known as "Brazilian industry"), which usually represents the product Produced or assembled locally. However, Apple has deleted the related pictures, but it can still be seen on the Brazilian website iHelpBR.
Even if Apple tried to hide such information, from the ANATEL file of the Brazilian National Communications Administration, information about the new iPhone SE's planned assembly in Brazil can still be found. ANATEL lists Foxconn's stronghold in Brazil as one of the production units of the product. Its stronghold is located in the Jundiai plant in the state of Sao Paulo, Brazil.
However, this is not the first time the iPhone has been assembled in Brazil. Apple often assembles some products through Foxconn's strongholds in Brazil to reduce prices in the local market. For example, the iPhone XR is assembled in Brazil. The report believes that because the iPhone SE is considered an entry-level product, Foxconn chose to assemble in Brazil.
Prior to this, most Apple mobile phones were assembled by Foxconn's factory in mainland China. In 2019, Foxconn's new chairman Liu Yangwei said that only about 25% of Foxconn's production capacity is located outside mainland China.
With the emergence of problems such as Sino-US trade, Foxconn began to gradually shift iPhone production out of mainland China. In the past two years, Foxconn has frequently spread news of overseas factories. Foxconn has also launched the "Going Overseas" plan. According to a briefing to investors, Foxconn has factories in Brazil, Mexico, Japan, Vietnam, Indonesia, the Czech Republic, the United States and Australia. In Brazil, Foxconn entered Brazil in 2011 and established "the world's second largest Apple mobile phone production line."
