Apple wants India to account for up to 25% of its product assembly from about 5%-7% now, as the company belatedly tries to divest…
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Apple gets ready to take on India, the world’s second-largest smartphone market
Apple is finally ready to begin opening its first brick-and-mortar stores in India, the world’s second-largest smartphone market…
Tata near to becoming first Indian Apple iPhone assembler
Tata Group is close to taking over a major Wistron plant in southern India in a deal that would give the country its first homegrown iPhone…
Apple’s iPhone exports from India more than double, surpass $2.5 billion
Apple exported iPhones worth more than $2.5 billion from India from April to December 2022, nearly twice the entire previous…
Apple hires workers in India as it looks to open first flagship stores
Apple has started hiring retail store workers in India as the company prepares to open its first flagship retail stores in India as soon as…
India is shaping up as the right place for Apple to ease China dependence
Apple and, in fact, many western manufacturers are increasingly uncomfortable with their heavy dependence on CCP=-controlled China…
India uses generous subsidies, hefty import taxes to woo Apple suppliers
India is gaining more and more of tech colossus Apple’s supply chain business thanks to a carrot and stick approach…
Apple reportedly seeks to triple iPhone assembly in India over the next two years
In order to diversify production out of problematic China, Apple is looking to triple its production of iPhones assembled in India …
Apple to bring 100 exclusive Apple stores to India in partnership with Tata Group
The Tata Group aims to open some 100 exclusive Apple retail stores across the country, two people aware of the development said…
Apple assembler Foxconn invests $500 million in India business as Apple looks to lessen crippling dependence on China
Apple’s main iPhone assembler Foxconn has expanded its efforts to cut its dependency on China and invested $500 million this…
Apple looks to diversify some iPad production from China to India
Apple is speaking with Indian officials about relocating some iPad manufacturing in the country as U.S.-Chinese relations sour and the CCP’s…
Better late than never: Apple accelerates plans to move production out of China
In recent weeks, Apple has accelerated plans to shift some of its production outside China, long the dominant country in the company’s supply…
Apple assembler Foxconn looks to quadruple Indian workforce in next 24 months
Apple assembler Foxconn plans to quadruple the workforce at its iPhone factory in India over two years due to COVID lockdowns in China…
Apple adds Pegatron as new iPhone 14 supplier in India
Apple contract manufacturer Pegatron, which is based in Taiwan, has begun assembling the company’s latest iPhone 14 model in India, just…
Apple to enable 5G in India for iPhone users with iOS 16.2 beta 2 as early as next week
Apple will enable 5G for Indian users in the iOS beta program with the seeding of iOs 16.2 beta 2 to be released as early as next week…
India’s biggest Apple reseller Q2 profit up as sales of iPhones, MacBooks rise
India’s biggest Apple and IT products distributor Redington Ltd on Thursday reported a 26% jump in September quarter profit on the back…
Tata to add up to 45,000 workers at iPhone parts plant in southern India
Tata Group is planning to add up to 45,000 workers at its electronics factory in southern India that makes iPhone components…
Apple iPhone is now India’s second most preferred brand for future purchases
Apple’s work in India, after many stops and starts, is paying off with the iPhone now the second most preferred brand (20%) for future…
Apple to upgrade iPhone software for 5G in India this year
Apple will upgrade software for their 5G-enabled phones in India by December as the Indian government presses smartphone manufacturers…
India presses Apple for faster 5G software upgrades in iPhones
India’s government is pushing Apple and others to expedite software upgrades to support the flavors of 5G in the country, amid…
Apple asks suppliers to shift some AirPods, Beats production to India
Apple is asking its assemblers to move some AirPods and Beats headphone production to India for the first time in what looks to be…
India dangles $550 million incentives to lure Apple, tech manufacturers
India plans to boost the financial incentives for manufacturers like Apple to make the market-dominating iPad in the country and wooing…
Apple says it will assemble a portion of iPhone 14 models in India
Apple on Monday confirmed its contract suppliers will assemble a portion of iPhone 14 models in India as the company looks to diversify…
Apple may move a quarter of product production to India by 2025 – J.P. Morgan
Amid ongoing quixotic lockdowns in search of the unattainable myth of “zero-COVID” in China, Apple suppliers in India may assemble…
Major global VPN providers shut off servers in India to protest new privacy-destroying government rules
Major global providers of virtual private networks, which let users shield their identities online, are shutting down their servers in India …
Apple plans to assemble iPhone 14 in India in effort to diversify production outside China
Apple plans to begin assembling the iPhone 14 in India some two months after the product’s launch date, narrowing the gap between China…
Apple leads the way in prohibiting discrimination or harassment based on caste
Apple is emerging as an early leader in policies to rid Silicon Valley of the rigid caste hierarchy that has for generations segregated…
Apple is primed for long-term growth in huge Indian market
Apple is gaining traction in India thanks to the growing adoption of 5G smartphones, sales of which are expected to take off in India in the…
Apple assembler BYD to start iPad production in Vietnam this month
Apple assembler BYD plans to begin commercial production of iPads this month in Vietnam after a trial run started in May, a provincial…
Apple to move some iPad production out of China for first time due to CCP’s quixotic ‘zero-COVID’ crusade
Apple is moving iPad production out of China for the first time in history and the Chinese Communist Party’s quixotic “zero-COVID” crusade…
Apple assembler Quanta faces worker revolt in locked down Shanghai factory
Apple assembler Quanta faces a revolt by workers stuck inside a Shanghai factory locked down due the CCP’s quixotic “xero-COVID” crusade…
Apple ups Apple Music subscription price for students in several countries
Via email to subscribers, Apple has bumped up the Apple Music subscription price for college students in several countries…
Apple looks to diversify manufacturing outside of China due to draconian COVID-19 restrictions
Apple has told some of its contract manufacturers that it wants to boost production outside China, citing the Chinese Communist Party’s…
Apple halts card payments for in-app subscriptions in India
Apple has stopped accepting payments via debit and credit cards in India for subscriptions on the App store or other Apple services…
Apple no longer accepts credit or debit card payments in India
Apple has stopped accepting payments via debit and credit cards for subscriptions and app purchases using Apple ID in India, as…
Apple starts manufacturing iPhone 13 in India
Apple has begun manufacturing iPhone 13 in India, the company said on Monday, as it works to reduce reliance on China…
Apple’s new 5G iPhone SE expected to attract lower-end buyers in emerging markets
Apple’s new low-cost 5G iPhone SE should enhance the company’s appeal in emerging markets, especially among lower-end smartphone buyers…
iPhone SE 3 to account for 25% of iPhone shipments in India in 2022 – analyst
Apple’s brand new iPhone SE 3 will potentially account for one in every four iPhones shipped in India, according to an analyst…
Apple iPhone assembler Foxconn to make chips in India with Vedanta
On Monday, Taiwan’s Foxconn said it had partnered with Indian conglomerate Vedanta to fabricate semiconductors in India, as the…
Apple’s iPhone sales in India increase 34% to new all-time record
Apple posted its strongest quarter for iPhone sales in India as sales increased 34% year over year to 2.3 million units in the fourth quarter…
Foxconn iPhone assembly plant in India to reopen on Wednesday
Apple assembler Foxconn will reopen an iPhone manufacturing facility in southern India on Wednesday, government officials and a legislator…
Antitrust watchdog in India orders probe into Apple’s App Store
India’s competition watchdog on Friday ordered an investigation into Apple’s App Store business practices in the country, saying it was…
