“Apple Inc.’s latest attempt to crack the Indian smartphone market — by selling used phones — is meeting a wall of resistance,” Saritha Rai reports for Bloomberg. “The iPhone maker is seeking permission to become the first company allowed to import and sell used phones into the country, its second attempt in as many years. This time, the stakes are higher and a growing number of industry executives are fighting the move, warning government officials in private that it’ll open the floodgates to electronic waste, jeopardize local players, and make a farce of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ‘Make in India’ program to encourage local manufacturing.”
“India, as the world’s second largest mobile population, now represents a vast untapped opportunity for Apple just as China and the U.S. are slowing. Apple has publicly talked up its prospects in India and is on course to get the green light to open its first retail stores,” Rai reports. “Sensing the threat, the electronics manufacturing industry’s main representative body recently set up a lobbying arm that wrote directly to the government vehemently opposing Apple’s application. ‘Why even consider allowing import of used phones when import of other used goods such as cars are precluded by 300 percent duty levies?’ asked Ravinder Zutshi, chairman of the newly formed Mobile and Communications Council, which issued the letter.”
Rai reports, “The group’s members include the largest Indian phone brands: Micromax, Intex and Samsung.”
Hey Sammy, heard your fridges are just pretty faces too…only an idiot company like yours would design their top US models to be 1 inch larger than a standard 30″ doorway….
“.. open the floodgates to electronic waste, jeopardize local players, and make a farce of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ‘Make in India’ program to encourage local manufacturing.”
No problem.. Apple just has to guarantee to recover all used iPhones they sell in India that users no longer want and move manufacturing of the iPhones they do sell to an Indian electronics plant to provide local jobs and avoid the 300% import tariff..
That would be good, but you then you still have to deal with the 300% tariff for importing the ‘used’ devices. Unless you mean only handle the ‘used’ iPhones generated in India from user upgrading since the tariff probably doesn’t apply to new device sales.
Are those other companies really scared Apple’s refurbished iPhones will be chosen over their brand new low-cost smartphones? C’mon. These dudes must be really insecure. Apple’s rivals are always claiming how much better their Android smartphones are over iPhones, so they should welcome the chance of beating Apple’s older iPhones and showing their superiority. These other companies are cowards and scared of a little competition. It should be up to consumers to make the decision of allowing Apple to sell iPhones and not Apple’s direct rivals. Apple is doing a good thing for the ecology by trying to put those refurbished smartphones into use if consumers really want to use them.
If going to court to try to ban the selling of a device means being doomed or beleaguered, then Apple has a big problem. Apple is certainly the company with the longest record of trials and attempts to block competition (Rounded corners someone??). Every company uses dirty tricks to try to protect its market. Apple does, others do it too.
As for going thermonuclear… I’m surprised the fanboys here don’t remember it was aimed at Google… Not specifically at Samsung. I’m not sure the goal has been reached here:
Childish graph showing which market share? Usage? Sold device? Shipped device? inventory? Mmm. Which smartphone subs? high end? Low end, Over all? Profits? …
“… newly formed M & C Council.”
Protectionism.
Umm. Other manufacturers fear used iPhones over their own new devices? LOL
yes that is a good point!
Hey Sammy, heard your fridges are just pretty faces too…only an idiot company like yours would design their top US models to be 1 inch larger than a standard 30″ doorway….
Hahahaha, scared now aren’t you Sam Scum?
“.. open the floodgates to electronic waste, jeopardize local players, and make a farce of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ‘Make in India’ program to encourage local manufacturing.”
No problem.. Apple just has to guarantee to recover all used iPhones they sell in India that users no longer want and move manufacturing of the iPhones they do sell to an Indian electronics plant to provide local jobs and avoid the 300% import tariff..
Hmmmm, not manufacture but re- condition or remanufacture should do the trick
That would be good, but you then you still have to deal with the 300% tariff for importing the ‘used’ devices. Unless you mean only handle the ‘used’ iPhones generated in India from user upgrading since the tariff probably doesn’t apply to new device sales.
Are those other companies really scared Apple’s refurbished iPhones will be chosen over their brand new low-cost smartphones? C’mon. These dudes must be really insecure. Apple’s rivals are always claiming how much better their Android smartphones are over iPhones, so they should welcome the chance of beating Apple’s older iPhones and showing their superiority. These other companies are cowards and scared of a little competition. It should be up to consumers to make the decision of allowing Apple to sell iPhones and not Apple’s direct rivals. Apple is doing a good thing for the ecology by trying to put those refurbished smartphones into use if consumers really want to use them.
The question is are other phone manufacturers that have no corporate presence employing locals also being blocked from selling used phones?
You know, because competition is unfair…
I wonder what kind of bribes sammy is using.
Probably the ‘bribe’ of actually employing locally for their India Regionaly HQ for manufacturing and R&D.. http://www.samsung.com/in/aboutsamsung/samsungelectronics/india/index.html
ScamScum ad nauseam:
Afraid
Of
Competition…
Even from used iPhones. (o_0)
That’s rather telling, isn’t it!
Poor babies. 👶 👀
MDN… You become childish.
If going to court to try to ban the selling of a device means being doomed or beleaguered, then Apple has a big problem. Apple is certainly the company with the longest record of trials and attempts to block competition (Rounded corners someone??). Every company uses dirty tricks to try to protect its market. Apple does, others do it too.
As for going thermonuclear… I’m surprised the fanboys here don’t remember it was aimed at Google… Not specifically at Samsung. I’m not sure the goal has been reached here:
http://stats.areppim.com/stats/stats_mobiosxtime.htm
Childish graph showing which market share? Usage? Sold device? Shipped device? inventory? Mmm. Which smartphone subs? high end? Low end, Over all? Profits? …
We need better stats in here my friend:
LINK: Apple’s Share of Smartphone Industry’s Profits Soars to 92%
Plus it is dating as old as your graph.
Regards
If you want the details of the graph I posted follow the link I provided.
No need to search… Here it is again:
http://stats.areppim.com/stats/stats_mobiosxtime.htm
Used iPhone beats new Samsung. lol