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.

Leading analyst Craig Moffett suggests any plans to move U.S. iPhone assembly to India is unrealistic. Moffett, ranked as a top analyst multiple times by Institutional Investor, sent a memo to clients on Friday after the Financial Times reported Apple was aiming to shift production toward India from China by the end of next year.

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.