Amber to make Oppo, OnePlus and Realme phones in India from FY28
Amber Enterprises plans trial production in Q4 FY27 and commercial smartphone manufacturing from Q1 FY28 in Noida. It targets 8 million units in its first year, rising to 15–16 million in year two, as Chinese handset brands deepen local, asset-light production partnerships.
What happened
Amber Enterprises India · Amber Enterprises will manufacture Oppo, OnePlus and Realme smartphones in India, beginning trial production in Q4 FY27 and commercial
Key facts
- 8 million smartphone units in the first year
- 15-16 million units in the second year
- Trial production in Q4 FY27
- Commercial production in Q1 FY28
- Vivo 17.8% India smartphone market share in Q2 2026
- Samsung 17.6% market share in Q2 2026
- Oppo 13.6% market share in Q2 2026
- Vivo, Oppo, iQoo, Realme and OnePlus combined 45.6% market share in Q2 2026
- CCL plant targeted for 2029-30
Why this matters
Chinese handset brands may increasingly favor asset-light Indian production partnerships, positioning Amber as a potential strategic manufacturing platform rather than just a component supplier.
What to watch
- Completion of Q4 FY27 trial production and customer qualification milestones.
- Disclosed binding order volumes, capacity commitments or capex for the Noida facility.
- Actual FY28 production run-rate versus the 8 million-unit target.
- Evidence of component localization and domestic value-add rather than imported-kit assembly.
- Changes to Indian smartphone import duties, PLI incentives, Chinese investment approvals or electronics-manufacturing policy.
- Oppo, OnePlus and Realme India shipment trends and their share of locally produced models.
- Amber's receivables, inventory days, operating margin and customer concentration after the ramp.
- Secure multi-year production, volume-commitment and working-capital agreements with Oppo, OnePlus and Realme before the FY28 launch.
- Expand beyond final assembly into smartphone enclosures, chargers, batteries, PCBs and repair/refurbishment to raise value addition and protect margins.
- Pursue component supplier partnerships and PLI-linked localization plans, particularly for mechanics, camera sub-assemblies and PCB assembly.
- Build quality-control, traceability and after-sales repair capabilities to meet premium OnePlus requirements and reduce warranty-cost risk.
- Use the smartphone program to cross-sell electronics manufacturing services to other handset, wearables and IoT brands.