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Phone makers have their factories spread across the globe, although the majority of them are located in Asia. While China used to be the main choice, more and more companies are setting up production facilities in India, Vietnam, Indonesia, and other countries in the region.
So, which company has the largest smartphone factory? Technically, it’s Samsung, but there’s a lot more to the story than meets the eye.
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Samsung has the largest smartphone factory in the world, but it’s not based in South Korea or in China. It’s actually located in the city of Noida in India. The production facility was first set up in 1996 for the purpose of building TVs. Samsung pivoted in 2007 when it started making phones in the factory. At that point, it was far from the largest in the world.
The story takes a turn in 2017, when Samsung announced its plans to expand the factory — an investment that set it back around $700 million back then. Just a year later, the expansion was complete, and the Noida factory had become the largest smartphone factory in the world. The expansion doubled the yearly production capacity to approximately 120 million units. In terms of size, the factory measures around 1.4 million square feet (~129,000 square meters) and sits on a lot with an estimated size of 70 acres. For reference, the factory floor size is roughly the same size as 24 American football fields.
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It’s worth mentioning that just because the plant can technically produce up to 120 million phones per year, it doesn’t mean it does. The plant produces a lot less per year, as it comes down to the demand for the models the factory makes. And generally, production plants like these rarely run at full capacity at all times. Also, it’s far from the only factory Samsung has set up. The South Korean giant is heavily invested in Vietnam, which is where the majority of its phones are produced across several factories. It also has factories in Brazil, Indonesia, and South Korea.
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