Amber to make Oppo, OnePlus and Realme phones in India from FY28
Amber Enterprises plans to begin trial production for Oppo, OnePlus and Realme in the March 2027 quarter, with commercial output from Q1 FY28. The company targets 8 million smartphones in its first year and 15–16 million in year two.
What happened
Amber Enterprises India · Amber will manufacture Oppo, OnePlus and Realme smartphones in India from Q1 FY28 after Q4 FY27 trials, targeting 8 million units
Key facts
- 8 million smartphone units planned in the first year
- 15-16 million units targeted in the second year
- Trial production targeted for Q4 FY27
- Commercial production targeted for Q1 FY28
- Vivo held 17.8% Indian smartphone market share in Q2 2026
- Samsung held 17.6% market share in Q2 2026
- Oppo held 13.6% market share in Q2 2026
- Vivo, Oppo, iQoo, Realme and OnePlus jointly held 45.6% market share in Q2 2026
- Amber expects to set up a copper-clad laminate plant by 2029-30
Why this matters
Amber’s entry into outsourced handset production strengthens its strategic relevance to Chinese smartphone brands and could support partnerships or acquisitions in electronics components, assembly and supply-chain services.
What to watch
- Disclosure of binding customer contracts, committed annual volumes and plant location/capex plans.
- March 2027 trial-production start, customer quality approvals and conversion to commercial output in Q1 FY28.
- Progress toward the stated 8 million-unit FY28 target and 15-16 million-unit second-year target.
- Evidence of local component sourcing agreements versus continued reliance on imported sub-assemblies.
- Government tariff, production-incentive, customs and China-origin component policy changes.
- Oppo, OnePlus and Realme India shipment trends and any portfolio shifts toward premium devices requiring more complex manufacturing.
- Incumbent EMS competitors' capacity additions, pricing actions or wins with the same handset brands.
- Secure formal multi-year manufacturing agreements and model-level production allocations from Oppo, OnePlus and Realme before trial production begins.
- Build a handset-specific supplier base for enclosures, battery packs, chargers, camera-module integration, PCB assembly, testing and packaging.
- Invest in SMT lines, automation, quality systems, repair/refurbishment capability and trained production labor to meet brand qualification standards.
- Use initial handset volumes to pursue contracts with other Android brands, telecom-device makers and wearables customers.
- Manage working capital, component inventory and foreign-exchange exposure, since handset EMS margins can be thin and imported BOM content may remain high during the first ramp.