Google Follows Rising Pattern To Transfer Pixel 7 Manufacturing Out Of China

The autumn launch of Google’s Pixel 7 and seven Professional is drawing close to, with the launch date purportedly set for October 6. As soon as customers get their palms on these units, they might discover a label on the again of the field indicating that the telephones have been manufactured in Vietnam. Based on nameless sources interviewed by The New York Instances, Google has a plan in movement to shift manufacturing of its flagship handsets away from China to Vietnam. The sources say that this plan is much sufficient alongside that some Pixel 7 units will likely be made in Vietnam.

Google is seemingly anticipating as much as half of “subsequent yr’s high-end Pixel telephones” to be made in Vietnam. Nevertheless, The New York Instances doesn’t make clear whether or not this assertion refers to Pixel 7 units manufactured and shipped in 2023 or the Pixel 8 units anticipated to launch subsequent yr. Google can also launch a foldable telephone in 2023, however the display screen and hinge know-how crucial for such a tool might require that it’s manufactured in China the place the suppliers of these elements reside. Nonetheless, Google seems to be critical about shifting its telephone manufacturing.

Google’s extra budget-friendly telephones have been made in Vietnam going again to a minimum of the Pixel 4a. If the corporate strikes the manufacturing of its higher-end telephones to Vietnam as effectively, it is going to be becoming a member of in a bigger pattern of tech corporations working to relocate their manufacturing out of China. Apple is equally making an attempt to maneuver a few of its iPhone manufacturing to India.

These strikes are being made amid rising tensions between China and Taiwan. China denies Taiwan’s claims to independence and will try to subdue the island nation by drive. Such an aggression would seemingly disrupt US-China relations, placing machine manufacturing operations positioned in China in jeopardy. These fears are most likely driving tech corporations to look elsewhere for manufacturing capability. Different contributing elements could also be rising prices related to tariffs imposed on Chinese language manufacturing and China’s dedication to its Zero-COVID coverage, which continues to drive provide chain disruptions.