Apple just revealed how it plans to build more of your iPhone right here in America
Apple just revealed how it plans to build more of your iPhone right here in America
Publish Date: 2026-03-27 15:27:00
Source Domain: www.phonearena.com
Apple just made a pretty big move to get more iPhone parts built right here in the U.S., and the details tell us a lot about which features the company cares most about keeping close to home.
Apple brings four new partners into its U.S. manufacturing program
Apple announced that four companies (Bosch, Cirrus Logic, TDK, and Qnity Electronics) are now part of its American Manufacturing Program, or AMP for short. The company is putting $400 million toward these new partnerships through 2030, and all four will be making parts and materials for Apple products on American soil.This builds on the program Apple kicked off back in August 2025 with an initial roster that included Amkor, Applied Materials, Broadcom, Coherent, Corning, GlobalFoundries, GlobalWafers America, MP Materials, Samsung, and Texas Instruments.
Now, here’s what each new partner is actually doing:
- TDK, which has been working with Apple for over 30 years, will make sensors in the U.S. for the very first time. These are the tiny sensors that keep your iPhone camera steady when you’re taking photos or video.
- Bosch is teaming up with TSMC at a facility in Washington state to produce chips that power features like Crash Detection and the activity tracking on your Apple Watch.
- Cirrus Logic is working with GlobalFoundries at a plant in New York to develop the chips behind Face ID.
- Qnity Electronics, together with HD MicroSystems, will supply materials used in making semiconductors and components tied to AI and high-performance computing.
All of this falls under Apple’s larger $600 billion, four-year commitment to U.S. manufacturing.
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Apple’s Houston factory. | Image by Apple
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