Apple has reportedly drawn a five-point plan designed to turn things around in India, a 1.34 billion people country and the world’s second-largest smartphone market, where inexpensive local brands have reduced iPhone's share of the market to a mere 1% of shipments.
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Apple begins iPhone 6s production in India
Apple has begun production on the iPhone 6s in India. This is the second Apple handset after the iPhone SE to be manufactured in the second most populous nation in the world. The Economic Times says this move will help Apple avoid paying import duties in the country.
LTE Apple Watch Series 3 coming to Denmark, Sweden & India next month
Apple has acknowledged that the latest Apple Watch Series 3 models with LTE cellular connectivity will be launching in Denmark, Sweden and India on Friday, May 11, with pre-orders starting a week earlier on Friday, May 4.
Apple trialing production of nearly three years old iPhone 6s Plus in India
Apple's contract manufacturer Wistron has been assembling iPhone SE units in India for more than a year, and now a new report alleges that the supplier has reportedly entered trial production of the nearly three years old iPhone 6s Plus smartphone there.
WhatsApp is testing person-to-person payments in India
Facebook-owned service WhatsApp is testing a new person-to-person payments feature with its employees in India, where the app enjoys a large base of 200 million users and is by far the most popular messaging service in the country.
Google looking to build retail stores in India to boost Pixel sales
Google is reportedly considering building brick-and-mortar stores in India as a way of helping boost sales of its Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL smartphone models, the Economic Times newspaper reported today citing three people with knowledge of the matter.
Apple has increased prices of all iPhone models in India except the locally made iPhone SE
The Indian government last week announced a 50% tax hike on imported smartphones in a bid to boost domestic manufacturing. As a result, Apple has now increased the price of every iPhone model it sells in the country except the locally made iPhone SE.
Indian government eager to help Apple expand manufacturing in the country
A new report out of The Economic Times quoted Suresh Prabhu, India's Commerce and Industry Minister, as saying he would be “very happy” if Apple were to expand its manufacturing presence in India, only months after Apple first starting producing iPhone SE in the country.
Apple to assist the Indian government in developing an anti-spam iOS app
A new report Wednesday claims Apple's “finally agreed” to assist the Indian government in developing an anti-spam mobile app for iPhone and iPad.
Apple’s Cue on TV efforts: We’re doing “some future stuff that we haven’t talked about”
Eddy Cue, Apple's chief of Internet Software and Services and one of its most important negotiators with Hollywood producers and studios, has made some interesting comments regarding Apple's TV efforts during his trip to India.
Apple opening Mac Labs in India to teach students how to create music using Logic Pro X
Apple announced today that it is opening two Mac Labs at the KM Music Conservatory's campuses in the Indian cities of Chennai and Mumbai.
New iPhone SE said to ship in the first quarter of 2018
Apple could start shipping an updated version of the fourth-inch iPhone SE, its most affordable smartphone, in the first quarter of 2018, according to a new rumor Friday from Focus Taiwan.