40 yrs of mobile phone making in 30 sec - India's rapid entry post-2016

[Firoz]

[Shruti]

Just a quick correction - as of 2026, India is the world's second‑largest mobile phone producer after China. In 2025, output rose 8% YoY and exports jumped 28%, making up almost a third of total production.

[Amar]

Kudos to Samsung. They shifted out of China and set up the biggest manufacturing plant right here in India.

[Mohit]

Never knew Vietnam cranks out so many phones. Which countries do they ship them to?

[Akhil]

Which company can still afford to manufacture in Finland?

[Dayanand]

Most of the work here is low‑value assembly. High‑value addition is largely done outside India.

[Daksha]

India has a huge workforce; if we harness it properly, we can boost the economy and aim for the top spot in every metric.

[Seema]

Much of that is due to Huawei being sanctioned in 2019 - they could have led even more. Their R&D was (is) unparalleled, but the US sanctions set them back.

[Tanmay]

Just assembly work.

[Priya]

India doesn't really produce key components; we mainly just assemble everything.

[Shobha]

First, let's differentiate between manufactured and assembled products.