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Alphabet's Google is scouting for suppliers in India to assemble its Pixel smartphones as it borrows from Apple's playbook to diversify beyond China.Google has initiated early conversations with companies including homegrown Lava International and Dixon Technologies India as well as Foxconn Technology Group's Indian unit Bharat FIH, people familiar with the matter said, asking not to be named as the matter is private.Google would be the latest global technology player to move production to India. The potential partners…

Debby Wu / Bloomberg: Sources: Apple tells its assemblers to make 90M of its newest iPhones, on par with 2021; IDC expects the smartphone market to shrink 3.5% in 2022 — Apple Inc. has asked suppliers to build at least as many of its next-generation iPhones this year as in 2021, counting on an affluent clientele … Debby Wu / Bloomberg: Sources: Apple tells its assemblers to make 90M of its newest iPhones, on par with 2021; IDC expects the smartphone market to shrink 3.5% in 2022 …