The iPhone maker is reportedly already in talks with some of the world’s largest manufacturers, like Foxconn and the Tata Group, about making the transition.

The manufacturing move aims to address massive US tariffs against China that could spur higher prices on the company's biggest-selling product.

Apple's diversification of iPhone production actually began in 2017, when the company, along with Wistron, started producing the iPhone 6s and iPhone SE in a factory in Bengaluru, India. At the time, the high import taxes on products from China were the main reason.