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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…
Foxconn iPhone factory in India temporarily shut over rats, worms in food, crowded dorms
Six women who worked at the Foxconn iPhone assembly factory in India near Chennai described rats, worms in food, crowded dorms, and more…
Apple places Foxconn iPhone assembly factory in India on probation
Apple said it had placed the southern Indian factory of iPhone assembler Foxconn on probation after both companies found that some…
Foxconn India extends iPhone factory closure, workers’ hostels inspected after mass food poisoning incident
A Foxconn iPhone factory in India at the center of a mass food poisoning incident will extend an already week-long closure by an extra three…
Apple supplier Foxconn’s India factory shut this week after food poisoning protests
Apple supplier Foxconn’s factory near Chennai in southern India will remain shut this week following protests sparked by a food poisoning…
Apple doubles its business in India
Apple’s sales in India took off in fiscal 2021 thanks to the nascent, but increasing adoption of 5G smartphones…
Apple doubles shipments in India
In India, Apple moved into the top five personal computer makers in Q121, pushing Acer into the “other” category, according to shipments …
10 million rupee worth of iPhones caught at Indian airport in smuggling attempt
Indian officials arrested two passengers to whom the checked-in luggage containing 10 million rupee worth of iPhones belonged and another…
Apple Music Lossless and Spatial Audio coming soon to India
Apple, via the company’s Support page on Twitter, confirmed that Apple Music Lossless and Spatial Audio support is coming soon to India …
Apple’s Mac sales rocket 335.5% in India
The India traditional PC market continued its growth streak with shipments growing 73.1% year-over-year (YoY) and Apple’s Mac sales surged…
Apple faces South Asian gender discrimination lawsuit
Apple lost an early round in a gender discrimination lawsuit brought in a California state court by a female engineer from India who claims…
Apple begins assembling iPhone 12 in India
Apple is now assembling the iPhone 12 in India as the company ramps up manufacturing operations in the world’s second-biggest…
Apple lobbies for larger India incentives for iPad assembly
Apple is lobbying for larger India incentives in a new incentive plan aimed to boost Indian exports of computer products, part of what…
Apple’s iPhone sales in India up 100% year-on-year
According to research firms Counterpoint and CyberMedia, Apple shipped more than 1.5 million iPhones in India in fiscal Q121, up 100% YOY…
Fears of new trade war as U.S. slams India, Italy, Turkey on ‘unreasonable’ digital taxes
Digital services taxes adopted by India, Italy and Turkey discriminate against U.S. companies and are inconsistent with international tax …
Apple puts supplier Wistron on probation; no new business after India plant violence
Apple has put supplier Wistron on probation, saying on Saturday it would not award the Taiwanese contract manufacturer new business…
Riot-hit Apple supplier Wistron hired more than it could handle in India
Apple supplier Wistron quadrupled workers in India in only eight months, ramping up production just as Apple began direct online sales…
Apple probes supplier after workers at Wistron plant in India ransack factory
Apple said on Monday the company is investigating whether Taiwan-based contractor Wistron Corp failed to follow supplier guidelines…
Apple is making big waves in India’s nascent 5G smartphone market
According to TF Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, Apple’s move into 5G smartphones seems to be paying off: Demand for the iPhone 12…
Apple profit leaps 267% in India for fiscal 2020
Apple’s net profit for FY20 stood at INR 926.2 Cr in FY20 in India, a 267% growth from INR 262.27 Cr in the preceding fiscal year…
