Made in China: Samsung farms out more phones to fend off rivals


The Samsung Galaxy Fold 5G phone. The South Korean tech giant teased the new folding concept at the Samsung Developer Conference 2019 in the US. — Reuters

SEOUL: Samsung's plan to outsource a fifth of its smartphone production to China next year may help it compete with low-cost rivals such as Huawei and Xiaomi but it's a strategy fraught with risks, people with familiar with the move said.

Samsung Electronics, which shut its last in-house Chinese smartphone factory in October, is quietly moving production of some Galaxy A models to contractors such as Wingtech, which are little known outside China.

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