#supply chain

Apple has reportedly told its supply chain to build far more iPhone Duo units than first planned, just as its first foldable iPhone goes on sale.

According to a DigiTimes report relayed by MacRumors, Foxconn and component suppliers have received instructions to lift the production target by about 44 percent, from roughly 9.7 million units to 14 million. The report says the new figure covers a full 12 months rather than only the rest of 2026. The numbers come from supply-chain sources, not from Apple, and Apple has not commented on them.

Unconfirmed: this article is based on a report that does not name its original sources, and Apple has made no statement on the claims below.

NeoTeo reports that Apple is assembling the iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max in India for sale worldwide ahead of the September 18 retail launch. The report says chartered flights left Chennai carrying phones for the US and other markets.

Two Indian factories are said to be involved, one run by Foxconn and one by Tata Electronics, and assembly could reportedly grow to nearly a dozen lines depending on demand. Local work is described as final assembly, testing, enclosures, some mechanical parts, battery packs, chargers, cables and packaging, while displays, camera modules, advanced chips and memory are still imported.