“Apple India is all set with the Peenya, Bengaluru manufacturing unit and while the official word on the launch is still pending, looks like Apple is in no mood to wait,” Rutu Ladage reports for India.com. “According to reports, Apple will soon start manufacturing the iPhone in the country. ”
“While in the initial days it was hoped that Apple would begin manufacturing with the current flagship, the iPhone 7 or start with the iPhone 8, looks like Apple has other plans,” Ladage reports. “According to the latest leaks and reports, it is not the iPhone 7 or the iPhone 8 that Apple will manufacture first in India but rather the iPhone SE.”
“Apple has tied up with manufacturing partner Wistron for manufacturing iPhones in the country,” Ladage reports. “The Wistron facility in Peenya, Bengaluru will exclusively be for iPhones. While many have questioned Apple’s decision to start manufacturing iPhone SE in the country as opposed to other premium flagship devices, it does make sense when viewed from Apple’s standpoint… Apple iPhone SE is presently the cheapest iPhone in the Indian market. Despite being a premium product, it falls in the mid-range segment… Manufacturing in India offsets a lot of the import duties and thus, the phone is bound to get cheap – helping Apple compete better in the market.”
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MacDailyNews Take: Good news for smartphone users in India.
Even better new would be for the Indian government to allow Apple to sell Apple Certified Refurbished iPhones in the country.
India should approve Apple’s plan to sell Apple Certified refurbished iPhones in India. Not only would they be affordable to more consumers in India, Apple’s refurb’ed iPhones are easily better than competitors’ new phones! Why keep the Indian people shackled to inferior iPhone knockoffs when they could have the real thing? – MacDailyNews, May 25, 2016
SEE ALSO:
Apple again asks Indian government to allow sale of certified refurbished iPhones in India – February 6, 2017
Indian IT minister says Apple plans to make iPhones in Bengaluru – February 3, 2017
Apple nears deal to manufacture products in India – January 25, 2017
Apple is ready to make iPhones in India, for a price – January 20, 2017
India to consider Apple request for tax breaks and policy exemptions with ‘open mind’ – January 18, 2017
Apple is horse-trading mightily with India – January 4, 2017
India poised to reject manufacturing concessions for Apple – January 3, 2017
Apple doesn’t want India’s government to muddle iPhone’s look – December 29, 2016
Apple is discussing manufacturing in India, government officials say – December 20, 2016
Apple iPhone grabs first place in India with 66% of premium smartphone sales – November 29, 2016
Apple seeks government incentives to set up manufacturing unit in India – November 7, 2016
iPhone 7 and 7 Plus launch in India: Apple’s latest flagship gets record-breaking response – October 8, 2016
Reports of Apple’s death in India are greatly exaggerated – August 5, 2016
India clears path for first Apple Retail Store – July 21, 2016
Indian government expected allow Apple Retail Stores without any sourcing requirement for 2-3 years – June 6, 2016
Indian government discussing waiver to permit Apple Retail Stores – May 30, 2016
Blow for Apple and Indian consumers as Indian government pushes protectionism – May 25, 2016
Blow for Apple and Indian consumers as Indian government pushes protectionism – May 25, 2016
Apple hits setback in push to open retail stores in India – May 24, 2016
Apple’s U-turn in India: From arrogance to servility – May 23, 2016
Apple finds potential new factory hub – in India – May 23, 2016
Apple’s Tim Cook samples Bollywood, cricket, in bid to woo India – May 21, 2016
India shows Apple CEO Cook the love it’s yet to give the pricey iPhone – May 20, 2016
Apple CEO Cook: ‘We are in India for the next thousand years’ – May 20, 2016
Watch Apple CEO Tim Cook at his first cricket game in India – May 19, 2016
Apple opens Maps development office in Hyderabad, India – May 19, 2016
Apple CEO Cook debuts in India – May 18, 2016
Apple to open first-of-its-kind iOS App Design and Development Accelerator in India – May 18, 2016
Tim Cook visits India: Apple to expand its Indian software development center, build local start-up accelerator program – May 17, 2016
Apple Retail Stores to open in India by end of next year – May 16, 2016
iPhone sales surge 56% in India as Apple eats into Samsung’s high-end share – May 8, 2016
Apple deprivileged as India bows to Washington D.C. consensus on mobile phone import tariffs – May 7, 2016
India rejects Apple’s plan to import and sell refurbished iPhones – May 3, 2016
Great job Apple, and India too, tough nut to crack, there is only one nation on the planet that is more protectionist than India. I’ll leave it for the readers to figure out who that it.
Apple’s really on a roll now incorporating themselves into the greatness of the planet. Who knows if they can ever get their parent nation back to civilized behavior it might just be worth a campaign, “Make planet Earth peaceful….for once.” Not now of course, someone saying something like that is currently considered unpatriotic for those poor war mongers.
I understand the decision to manufacture the SE, but since that will be the only model produced locally, will it also be the only model that can be sold there?