Where Are iPhones Made? China, India, and Beyond

iPhones are designed by Apple in California and put together mostly in China, with a large and growing share built in India. Apple does not run the factories itself. Contract manufacturers such as Foxconn and Tata Electronics do the final assembly, using parts that come from suppliers in dozens of countries. To see where your own phone was assembled, read the Assembled in line on the original box.

Apple does not publish a country-by-country count of iPhone production. The percentages in this article come from press reports and are labeled that way. The company and supplier details come from Apple’s own supply chain pages and announcements, current as of October 2026.

Designed, manufactured, assembled: what each word means

Three different words get mixed together when people ask where an iPhone is “made.”

• Designed means the engineering work: the hardware layout, the Apple-designed chips, and iOS. That happens at Apple, which is based in Cupertino, California. It is why the packaging reads Designed by Apple in California.
• Manufactured refers to making the individual parts, such as the processor, display, camera sensors, memory, battery, and glass. Specialist companies make these in their own factories around the world.
• Assembled means the last step, where a contract manufacturer (a company that builds products for another brand) fits the parts together, installs the software, tests the phone, and boxes it.

The country printed on the box is the country of final assembly. It says nothing about where the parts inside came from.

Which countries assemble iPhones

China

China has been the center of iPhone assembly since the first model, and press reports still put it well above half of all iPhones built. The best-known site is Foxconn’s complex in Zhengzhou, often nicknamed “iPhone City.” China also has the densest cluster of part makers, which is a big reason assembly stays there: the factories that make the components are close to the factories that put them together.

India

India is the second major assembly country. Press reports in 2026 said factories there built roughly 55 million iPhones in 2025, about one in four worldwide, and that current flagship models are now assembled in India at the same time as in China. Apple CEO Tim Cook was widely quoted in 2025 as saying that most iPhones sold in the United States would have India as their country of origin. Treat these as reported figures, not official Apple statistics, and expect them to change from year to year.

Other countries

Press reports describe a Foxconn plant in Brazil that assembles some iPhones for the local market. Vietnam is an important country for Apple, and Apple’s supplier list shows several partners with facilities there, but reports tie Vietnam mainly to other products such as AirPods, iPad, and Apple Watch. If the label on your box names China or India, that is what most buyers will see.

Who assembles iPhones

Apple publishes a supplier list that names its partners and the countries or regions where they have facilities making Apple products. You can find it through Apple’s Supply Chain page. The list covers all Apple products, not only the iPhone, and the edition available at the time of writing covers fiscal year 2023, so newer changes may not appear in it yet.

Company	Locations on Apple’s supplier list	Role, according to press reports
Foxconn (Hon Hai Precision Industry)	China mainland, India, Vietnam	Apple’s largest iPhone assembler
Pegatron	China mainland, India	Long-time iPhone assembler
Luxshare	China mainland, Vietnam	Assembles some iPhone models in China
Tata Electronics	India	Fast-growing iPhone assembler in India
Wistron	China mainland, India	Former iPhone assembler in India; its plant there was reported sold to Tata

Foxconn and Hon Hai are the same company. Hon Hai Precision Industry is the formal name, and Foxconn is the trading name most people know.

Where iPhone parts come from

Assembly is only the last step. Apple says its supply chain includes thousands of supplier facilities across dozens of countries, and its supplier list says the companies on it account for 98 percent of Apple’s direct spending on materials, manufacturing, and assembly.

Apple confirms the suppliers below on its supplier list or in its own announcements. Which exact part goes into which iPhone model is not something Apple spells out, so the part descriptions reflect industry reporting.

• Processor: Apple designs the A-series chips, and TSMC (Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company) makes them, mostly in Taiwan. Apple has also said that TSMC’s factory in Arizona produces chips for Apple.
• Display: Samsung and LG Display, both based in South Korea, are reported to supply most iPhone screens, with China’s BOE supplying some.
• Camera sensors: Sony, based in Japan.
• Memory and storage: Kioxia, SK Hynix, Samsung, and Micron, with factories in Japan, South Korea, China, and other places.
• Battery: Suppliers such as Sunwoda and Desay, based in China.
• Cover glass: Corning, a US company. Apple said in August 2025 that every iPhone and Apple Watch sold around the world will be built with cover glass made at Corning’s plant in Harrodsburg, Kentucky.
• Sensors and smaller chips: Companies including Bosch (Germany), STMicroelectronics (Europe), Cirrus Logic, Broadcom, Qualcomm, and Texas Instruments (United States).

A supplier’s home country is not always where a part is produced. Many of these companies run factories in several countries, so a “Japanese” or “American” part may be made somewhere else.

How to check where your iPhone was assembled

The quickest reliable check is the box. If you no longer have it, the phone’s regulatory screen is the next place to look. These steps use the menu names in current versions of iOS.

1. Check the original box. Turn the box over and find the small print on the label. Look for the line that starts with Designed by Apple in California. The words that follow, such as Assembled in China or Assembled in India, name the country of final assembly.
2. Open the regulatory screen. On the iPhone, open Settings, tap General, then scroll down and tap Legal & Regulatory. Apple says this screen holds the phone’s regulatory marks along with legal notices and warranty information. Read the text near the top for an assembly line. The layout differs by model and region, so yours may not match another phone exactly.
3. Look at an older iPhone’s back. Many older models have the same “Designed by Apple in California” line, followed by the assembly country, printed in small type on the back of the phone.

Nothing on these screens can be changed, so there is no setting to undo. You are only reading information.

What the model number does and does not tell you

A common tip says the model number reveals where an iPhone was made. That is not accurate. To see the number, open Settings, tap General, then tap About. Next to Model Number you first see the part number, which looks something like MXXX2LL/A. Tap it once and it switches to the shorter model number that starts with the letter A. Apple documents both of these in its guide to getting information about your iPhone.

The letters just before the slash in the part number are generally understood to be a sales-region code. For example, LL is associated with the United States and HN with India. That code points to the market the phone was packaged for, not the factory. A phone sold for the US market can be assembled in India or China, so do not rely on these letters to answer the “where was it made” question. The same About screen is where you find other identifiers, such as the Wi-Fi (MAC) address on an iPhone.

Why Apple is building more iPhones outside China

• Tariffs and trade tension. Import taxes on goods made in China, and uncertainty about future ones, make it costly to depend on a single country for phones sold in the United States.
• Risk. Factory shutdowns in recent years showed how one disrupted site can delay a whole product launch. Spreading assembly across countries reduces that exposure.
• Incentives and a large local market. India offers manufacturing incentives, and it is also one of the world’s biggest smartphone markets, so phones built there can be sold there.

Moving assembly is slower than it sounds. A new plant needs trained workers and nearby part makers, which is why China remains the largest assembly country even as India grows.

If you cannot find the information

• You do not have the box. Use Settings > General > Legal & Regulatory instead. If no assembly line appears there for your model, the box label is the only place it is printed, and the retailer or carrier cannot look it up from the model number.
• You cannot find Legal & Regulatory. It sits near the bottom of the General screen, so scroll all the way down. On some older iOS versions the regulatory marks are under Settings > General > About or in a separate Regulatory entry. You can also swipe down on the main Settings screen and type “Regulatory” in the search field.
• The part number will not change when you tap it. Tap directly on the number to the right of Model Number, not on the label. It toggles between the part number and the A-number.
• The box and the phone do not seem to match. Compare the serial number on the box label with Serial Number in Settings > General > About. If they differ, the box belongs to a different phone, which is common with secondhand purchases.
• A website offers to decode your serial number. Apple does not document a way to read the factory or country from a serial number, so treat those results as guesses. Avoid entering your serial number or IMEI on sites you do not know.

Frequently asked questions

Are iPhones made in the USA?

No. iPhones are not assembled in the United States. Some parts are made there, though. Apple’s American Manufacturing Program announcement lists US-made cover glass from Corning in Kentucky and chips produced at TSMC’s Arizona factory, and a March 2026 update added partners making sensors and other chips for iPhone in the US. Final assembly still happens overseas.

Is an iPhone assembled in India different from one assembled in China?

No. Both are built to the same Apple design with the same parts and the same software, and Apple sells them as the same product. Apple’s one-year limited warranty does not depend on the country of assembly. What can matter is where the phone was sold: Apple may limit warranty service to the country where the device was originally purchased.

Does Apple own the factories that build iPhones?

No. Apple designs the iPhone and sets the standards its suppliers must meet, but companies such as Foxconn, Pegatron, Luxshare, and Tata Electronics own and operate the assembly plants. Apple audits these suppliers against its Supplier Code of Conduct and reports on that work each year.

Why does the box say “Designed by Apple in California”?

Because the design and engineering work is done by Apple, which is headquartered in California. The line describes where the product was designed. The country of assembly is given separately, right after it.

Can I choose an iPhone from a particular country when I buy one?

Not in any practical way. Apple and its retailers do not let you pick the assembly country when ordering, and the same model in the same store can come from more than one factory. In a physical store you can read the label on the sealed box before you pay.

Does the assembly country affect which features or cellular bands I get?

No. Features and supported cellular bands depend on the model sold for your region, which is identified by the model number that starts with A. Two phones with the same A-number work the same way regardless of where they were assembled.

Where are other Apple products made?

Most are also assembled in Asia, mainly China and Vietnam, with India taking on more work. Apple has announced that Mac mini production is starting in Houston, Texas, in 2026, alongside servers it already builds there. As with the iPhone, the parts come from many countries.

What to do next

If you were checking a phone before buying or selling it, note the model number and serial number from Settings > General > About while you are there, since those are what Apple and carriers actually use to identify the device. Setting up a new phone? See how to turn on and set up an iPhone 17, or browse more iPhone and iPad guides.