The vast majority of products from Apple produced in China, as it wants to expand production in India to rely less on the Asian dragon. But, as a consumer of the company in St. twitterthe company is also starting to assemble iphone 13 in Brazil.

As indicated Joao Menicucciwho recently bought his new smartphone from the Cupertino giant, the box of his new device states that he “assembled in Brazil“. Device purchased Menicucci has a serial number “MLPF3BR/A”, which is different from Chinese devices sold nationally, which have a “BZ/A” identifier at the end.

production iphone 13 in Brazil carried out at the factory Foxconn Brazil, which is located in the city of Jundiai in Sao Paulo. Portal 9to5Mac indicates that for some unknown reason, only the 6.1-inch version of the device is being produced in the country.

According to MacMagazinea Apple updated documentation for iphone 13 January 24, 2022 at ANATELadding that it can be assembled in Brazilian facilities Foxconn. The portal indicates that only the documents of the “basic” apparatus of the series indicate national production, and iphone 13 mini and models 13 pro are still being imported.

Local production of household appliances iphone unsurprisingly, some other models have already been produced with the ‘installed in Brazill like iPhone SE This iphone 11.

Apple will be less dependent on Chinese factories

Assembly iphone 13 in Brazil is possibly the Cupertino giant’s strategy to lower device taxes locally. But Apple is also seeking to increase its production outside of China due to the trade war between the Asian country and the United States. Because of this, he is preparing to increase production elsewhere, mainly in Indian factories.

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Source: Joao Menicucci9to5Mac, MacMagazine