Samsung opens world’s biggest phone factory in India

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Samsung Electronics is cutting the ribbon today, with Indian prime minister Narendra Modi and South Korean president Moon Jae-in, on what is claimed to be the world’s biggest mobile phone manufacturing plant. It’s situated in Noida, a satellite city of the Indian capital Delhi, and is said to be capable of churning out up to 120 million smartphones a year. According to Bloomberg, Samsung says it’ll use the plant to make entry-level phones that sell for less than $100, as well as flagship devices like the Galaxy S9.

India is a huge smartphone market with over 400 million users, but the country’s population of 1.3 billion means that there’s still a lot of untapped potential. 2017 smartphone shipments reached 124 million, according to...

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