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iPhone assemblers gain approval for $143 billion India manufacturing plan
Major iPhone assemblers for Apple Inc. were among 16 companies that won approval to manufacture products in India under a plan aimed…
Apple finally ready to make a concerted push in India
After years of treading water, or worse, sinking, Apple is finally ready to make a concerted push into India …
Three top Apple suppliers to commit $900 million to iPhone assembly in India
Three top Apple suppliers plan to invest a total of almost $900 million in India over the next five years to tap into a new Indian plan…
Apple Store Online launches in India
Apple today launched the Apple Store online in India, offering Apple’s full range of products and support directly to customers across…
Apple Store Online to launch in India next week
Apple will launch the Apple Store online in India on September 23rd, offering Apple’s full range of products directly to customers…
Apple to launch online store in India next month
Taking advantage of a relaxation of India’s once-strict prohibitions against foreign direct retail, Apple will launch an online store for…
Apple’s new 2020 iPhone SE is assembled in India
Apple’s latest — and most affordable — iPhone, the iPhone SE, is being assembled in India, the company confirmed in an official statement…
iPhone assembler Wistron to hire 10,000 employees in India
Taiwan-based Wistron, one of Apple’s main device assemblers, is expected to start commercial iPhone assembly at its Narasapura plant in India…
Apple iPhone assembler eyes major production shift out of China to India
In a major production shift out of China as part of global business’ efforts to diversify supply chains following the COVID-19 debacle, a contract…
Apple makes iPhone 11 at Foxconn plant in India
Apple has started making its iPhone 11 at the Foxconn plant in India near Chennai. This marks the first time Apple has manufactured a top-line model…
Apple iPhone assembler Pegatron joins tech Investment wave in India
Adding to a large wave of foreign tech investments in India this year, Apple assembler Pegatron is making preparations for its first plant in India…
Apple supplier Foxconn to invest $1 billion in India
Foxconn plans to invest up to $1 billion to expand a factory in southern India where the Taiwanese contract manufacturer assembles Apple iPhones…
Apple supplier Foxconn says Indian customs clearing procedures now resolved
Apple supplier Foxconn said on Friday customs clearing procedures in India have been resolved. All local regulatory procedures have been complied with…
Apple App Store and Google Play Store block dozens of Chinese apps in India
Two days after India blocked fifty-nine apps developed by Chinese firms, Google and Apple have started to comply with the Indian government’s order…
iPhone assembly hit hard in India badly as border tensions with China escalate
India’s additional scrutiny of imports from China has disrupted iPhone assembly at plants owned by Apple supplier Foxconn in southern India…
Apple, other U.S. goods from China held up at ports in India
Apple, Cisco, Ford, and other products are among the goods from U.S. companies being held up amid India’s border tensions with China, as ports…
Apple supplier Foxconn eyes further India investment, sees bright outlook
Taiwan-based Apple supplier Foxconn plans further investment in India and may announce details in the next few months as the world’s largest contract…
J.P. Morgan ups Apple price target on iPhone SE potential
J.P. Morgan analyst Samik Chatterjee lifted his price target on Apple and expressed optimism for the lower-cost iPhone SE’s potential in emerging…
Build-to-order Macs now available in India
Some 36 years after its introduction, Apple is finally giving customers in India the ability to order build-to-order Macs …
Apple considering major shift of iPhone production from China to India
Apple is seriously examining the feasibility of shifting nearly a fifth of its production capacity from China to India and scaling up its…
Apple iPhone continues to dominate India’s premium smartphone market
Apple’s iPhone continued to dominate India’ premium (US$500+) smartphone segment with 62.7% market share. However, in India, the sub-US$200 segment…
Apple’s Q1 iPhone sales up 78% in India
India’s smartphone shipments grew a modest 4% YoY to reach a little over 31 Million units in Q1 2020. AppleiPhone grew a strong 78% YoY in India …
iPhone assembler Wistron looks to move 50% of production outside China by 2021
According to Apple iPhone-assembler Wistron chairman Simon Lin, the company is looking to move 50% of production outside China and to significantly grow…
iPhone assembly stops in India as country goes into 21-day lockdown
iPhone assembly has stopped in India due to an order to comply with a 21-day countrywide COVID-19 lockdown ordered by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi…
India plans to airlift components from China to help local tech industry
India is planning to bolster its growing electronics sector by arranging to airlift components from China, according to government officials…
Trump administration got Apple Retail Stores into India
Apple CEO Tim Cook said that the Trump administration successfully lobbied the Indian government to get Apple Retail Stores into India …
Apple Stores coming to India; online this year, brick-and-mortar in 2021
At Apple’s annual meeting of shareholders today, CEO Tim Cook told attendees that the company will open its Apple Store Online in India …
Apple iPhone owns 75.6% market share of premium smartphones in India
In India, Apple reached a record 75.6% market share in the fourth quarter, thanks to the stellar performance of iPhone 11…
Ming-Chi Kuo: Foxconn moves some iPhone assembly from China to India and Taiwan due to coronavirus
Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo says some Foxconn iPhone assembly has been moved from China to India and Taiwan due to the coronavirus impact on production…
Apple supplier Wistron to make PCBs for iPhone in new plant in India
Highlighting Apple’s expansion of manufacturing in India, Taiwan’s Wistron Corp plans to assemble printed circuit boards (PCBs) for iPhones in India …
Apple to launch HomePod in India at lower price than all other markets
Apple is set to launch HomePod in India, now added to the list of products Apple sells in the country. The price Apple has set is significantly lower…
In 2020, Apple will go all-out to sell iPhones in India
In 2020, Apple will go all-out on India. In 2019, Apple’s iPhone sales in India grew 6% versus a 43% decline in the previous year, stabilizing its position…
Apple can make 2020 its strongest year in India, experts say
The year 2019 saw a complete turnaround in Apple’s market share and presence in India, fueled by attractive price drops on previous generation iPhone models
Apple supplier Salcomp to invest $279 million in new plant in India
Finland’s Salcomp, an Apple supplier, will invest 20 billion rupees ($278.67 million) in India to make mobile chargers and other smartphone components starting in March 2020…
Apple starts selling locally assembled iPhone XR in India
Apple Inc has started selling its popular iPhone XR phones assembled in India, as it looks to expand its share in the world’s second-largest smartphone market…
Apple supplier Foxconn begins iPhone XR assembly in India, iPhone 11 models next to be ‘Made in India’
Apple has begun commercial production of the iPhone XR locally at the Foxconn facility near Chennai, India, the capital of the state of Tamil Nadu…
Amazon Music now available on Apple TV 4K and Apple TV HD
Starting today, customers can download the Amazon Music app from the App Store for Apple TV and get access to stream millions of songs and thousands of playlists and stations on Apple TV 4K and Apple TV HD…
Apple’s first retail store in India will be in Mumbai’s Bandra Kurla Complex
The Cupertino-based tech giant Apple Inc. has chosen Mumbai’s Maker Maxity mall, co-owned by Reliance Industries…
After ‘Howdy Modi,’ President Trump and India’s PM could sign trade deal
President Trump is also expected to sign a deal with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe next week that lowers Japanese farm tariffs…
How Apple is reacting to the U.S.-China trade war
Apple may be the pride of America, but there’s no avoiding the ironic fact that a “Assembled in China” stamp sits at the bottom of most Apple products..
Apple to invest $1 billion in India, plans to begin export of ‘Made in India’ iPhones across the world
As Apple plans to begin exporting ‘Made in India’ iPhones across the world, the California-based company is set invest some $1 billion in India…