iPhone SE 2020 is one of the popular phones like Apple 11, which is the biggest seller in the domestic market.
Taiwanese major to continue manufacturing iPhone SE and iPhone 7 models at the unit
An Indian factory damaged by violence this month was a new facility with limited production and so there will be limited financial impact, Taiwanese Apple supplier Wistron, which runs the plant, said
Wistron on Saturday admitted to certain lapses in payments to workers at the facility in Kolar district and said that it is removing its vice president Vincent Lee, who oversees its business in India
Assures that all workers will be fully compensated immediately
Wistron is one of Apple's top global contract manufacturers
The rapid expansion stretched the company's systems and sapped the bandwidth of its management team
Earlier in the day, police detained a leader of Students' Federation of India, which is affiliated to CPI (M), in connection with the rampage at unit on Saturday
The protest on Saturday over months of alleged underpayment of wages at Wistron's factory in the southern Indian state spiralled out of control after police were summoned
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Hundreds of workers stormed the factory in Kolar over the weekend, damaging property and looting thousands of iPhones and laptops
State govt condemns violence in factory premises, 160 held so far; AITUc alleges false anti-worker narrative, says workers hounded and harassed by police
Violence had broken out at Taiwanese tech giant's plant near Bengaluru on Saturday, several employees ransacked the unit over alleged non-payment and deduction of wages
The iPhone and MacBook maker has rushed in an army of mediators to nip the crises in the bud
Plans to hire up to 25,000 employees by the end of 2021 look doubtful now for the Taiwanese company, say sources
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Besides Apple iPhone, Taiwan-headquartered Wistron manufactures IT products for Lenovo and Microsoft
The plant is located in Kolar district of the state near Bengaluru
Workers pelted stones, smashed glass windows, damaged vehicles, furniture, computers and laptops in connection with 'salary related issues'
The scheme aims to make India a manufacturing and export hub for mobile phones