Smartphone suppliers in India shipped 46.6 million units in the most recent quarter, an increase of 9.3 percent from the previous quarter. The average selling price is much lower than in the West, just $159 and top brands are all Asian companies, Xiaomi, Samsung, Vivo, Realme and Oppo. However. the iPhone...
90% of Foxconn's Sri City Plant in India Are Women
At Foxconn Technology Group’s mobile phone plant in Sri City, in the southern state of Andhra Pradesh, of the nearly 15,000 workers 90% are women who assemble phones for various manufacturers, including Xiaomi. Recently, workers began testing and assembling Apple’s iPhone X, which will be sold in India first and eventually...
Europe Sources iPhones Made in India
Cupertino, CA-based Apple has started to export iPhones to some European markets from India; the total number of iPhone 6 and iPhone 7 models exported so far to Europe are about 100,000 units a month. Initially, Apple's vendor set up iPhone manufacturing in India to avoid import taxes and allow...
Apple Now Supports 22 Indian Languages
At the Worldwide Developer Conference 2019, Apple introduced iOS 13. Along with the many features that have been introduced in the OS, Apple announced a list of India-specific features that the company will include in its iPhones and iPads, demonstrating slow but steady intent behind its efforts in the world’s...
Foxconn to Start Trial Production of Latest iPhones in India
Taiwan-based Foxconn Technology Group will start trial production of iPhone X range devices in its factory on the outskirts of India's southern city of Chennai. Production of its phones in India will allow Apple to avoid import duties of 20 percent and also meet the 30 percent local sourcing rule...
Apple Reduces iPhone XR Prices in India
To boost sales in the face of stiff competition in the premium smartphone segment in India, where it stands at third position, Apple lowered the selling price of its latest iPhone XR by up to 22 percent. Phone Model Current Price Previous Price XR 64 GB $867 $1,113...