According to an industry insider who spoke to Reuters , Apple is gearing up to begin manufacturing the iPhone SE in the south Indian city of Bangalore. The news follows our report from two weeks ago about Apple’s plans to start building phones in India by the end of April. Priyank Kharge, IT minister of the state of Karnataka (of which Bangalore is a part), tweeted – and then deleted – an announcement signaling that the company would kick off manufacturing operations soon. The Economic Times reported earlier today that the Cupertino-based firm is looking to build between 300,000 and 400,000 iPhone SE units in a plant that will be handled by Taiwanese manufacturer Wistron . However, the company’s India Country Director, Sudipto Gupta, told Digit yesterday that he is unaware of any such plans. While that leaves the story up in the air at the moment, the plan to kick off India operations with the iPhone SE could make sense for Apple. Cheaper and smaller than the more recent
