Your next Pixel might drop ‘Made in China’ for a new birthplace
Designed by Google. Made in India?
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- Google’s commitment to making Pixel phones in India has reportedly entered trial production.
- Foxconn should be on the hook for Pro models, while Dixon Technologies would build the standard Pixel.
- Full commercial production is likely to be underway by September.
Google’s got some grand ambitions when it comes to its Pixel phones, and following a banner year in 2023, reports have indicated that the company hopes to sell an additional 10 million Pixel handsets this year. Making that much mobile hardware is no small task, and as part of ramping up Pixel production, Google announced that it would begin manufacturing efforts in India. While we’ve yet to see any of this India-made hardware hit the market, a new report claims that trial production is already underway.
That trial run has gotten started with the help of manufacturing partner Foxconn, as Money Control reports (via 9to5Google). In addition to Foxconn, Google would also rely upon Padget Electronics, a subsidiary of Dixon Technologies. According to the anonymous source behind this info, the two would split production in India based on model, with Dixon handling the base Pixel 9, and Foxconn doing the Pro version.
