The iPhone maker is reportedly already in talks with some of the world’s largest manufacturers, like Foxconn and the Tata Group, about making the transition.

Leading analyst Craig Moffett suggests any plans to move U.S. iPhone assembly to India is unrealistic.Moffett, ranked as a top analyst multiple times by Institutional Investor, sent a memo to clients on Friday after the Financial Times reported Apple was aiming to shift production toward India from China by the end of next year.

Currently, Apple assembles about 20 percent of the total iPhone production in India, a number that was accumulated over several years. However, the company's long-term goal is to move about half of iPhone production out of China.