Why can't India manufacture smart phones like China?
Do you recognize this machine/company? ASML machine Now a question: What’s the most important component of a smartphone? Yes, that’s correct. The CHIP. This is the single most important component in a smartphone and our Indian tech is outdated by at least 25 years. We are yet to make the perfect silicon ingot from which wafers are made. Then patterns (actual chip design) are made on wafers using light and tech is known as lithography. Now ASML is a world leader in this and owns around 85% world's share in this. They literally rule the market. The first picture at the start of the answer what you saw is of the same litho machine ASML makes. Intel, Qualcomm, TSMC, Samsung, and all other chip-making companies buy machine from them year after year. You can’t make “advanced” chips without this machine. Not possible. There is more than 90% of chance (actually 100% if iPhone) that your pho...