Apple CEO shares plans for the company's future in India
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- maniac
- nEP
- 21 May 2016
Good, I hope they start a h/w design center soon, people are bored of working for qc,intel,nvidia amd and the likes...
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- AnonD-539333
- K6j
- 21 May 2016
lol.. Ecosystem.. A new word for dumping used iphones... Apple thinks india is cheap place where people will buy those used iphones.. Some fools may buy.. But not everyone
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- HutHutHut
- vGN
- 21 May 2016
Apple needs to do introduce a cheap variant of the iPhone to truly gain a meaningful foothold in the Indian market..... All Apple needs to do really is copy the Chinese module of producing quality phones, with great specs at an affordable price.... Lets say Apply introduces a "toned down" version of the iPhone (a 5 inch screen 1080p with a quad core processor - 2 to 3 GB ram - expandable memory with a 12 to 16 MP camera) - at around 10 - 15 thousand rupees..... They'll have an absolute winner by all accounts.....
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- APPLE -HARDCORE FAN
- u7E
- 21 May 2016
ITS NICE TO SEE APPLE PRODUCTS CHEAPER IN MY COUNTRY
1.apple wants cheap devolopers and programmers at low cost- TIM UNCLE is very clever to run his american company
2.Refurbished phones -INDIA is not a dumping market
3.TIM UNCLE blames taxation policy: what about the justification for incresed price tag for india compared to other countries
4. American is always american... Research may not be about navigation..
5 .APPLE MAY SHUT DOWN IN NEAR FUTURE:SO WANT INDIA TO BE A SHELTER
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- AnonD-289575
- Xu4
- 21 May 2016
AnonD-54819, 21 May 2016Actually its 3-4 years, not 3 months, but population is so... moreDude max a year... Most of us
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- Applefan_notIphone
- FMY
- 21 May 2016
AnonD-9161, 21 May 2016It depends .... I change my phone every month .... I love t... moreYou got it man!
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- AnonD-514461
- f}P
- 21 May 2016
Anonymous, 21 May 2016Apple will never be a domestic many force in India. India ... moreExactly, plus Indian's believe in value for many products,most people don't believe smartphone should be a luxurious product..
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- AnonD-510080
- X{X
- 21 May 2016
I want to know...
How it will benefit us...
I live in bangladesh...next to india...
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- AnonD-208886
- 6Ap
- 21 May 2016
Apple is desperate
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- AnonD-337419
- P@$
- 21 May 2016
Anonymous, 21 May 2016Apple will never be a domestic many force in India. India ... moreIf carriers in india are like sprint , at&t, verizon etc...... India will be no1 position in mobile sales
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- Anonymous
- 4$v
- 21 May 2016
AnonD-388534, 21 May 2016for better multitasking android comes in, for kicking a** o... moreMost people who need real multitasking use a real machine for that. Not a rinky dink phone.
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- Anonymous
- p2L
- 21 May 2016
Apple will shrink in future. Everyone knows that.
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- AnonD-388534
- PEW
- 21 May 2016
Anonymous, 21 May 2016Apple will never be a domestic many force in India. India ... morefor better multitasking android comes in, for kicking a** of ios android comes in,the brand which living thug life nd they know it
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- Anonymous
- 4$v
- 21 May 2016
AnonD-467869, 21 May 2016I don't see Apple EVER gaining much traction in India. They... moreApple will never be a domestic many force in India. India is still a poor country where cheap low end phones still rule. That's where Android comes in. Also, Apple's OS is not open enough for India. Indians need to be able to download illegal content instead of paying developers/studios for their work. That's where Android comes in.
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- bJx
- 21 May 2016
Poor Tim, going around to find a new market place. All he should have done is to come up wiz better design for the new iPhones and lower the prices to compete wiz other mobile Giants.
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- Anonymous
- IbE
- 21 May 2016
Prefer India products vs China made.
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- AnonD-9161
- U@u
- 21 May 2016
It depends .... I change my phone every month .... I love to check out new technology..hardware....so yeah .....
However I have to say that Apple iPhone still has long way to go before it catches up with android in india .
Although if we ignore Apple iPhone.... one has to admit that ipad ..mac books...Imacs ....Apple TV..their routers ...everything is top notch ...and works perfectly n is very much reliable...... just the iPhone I hate.
So I appreciate Apple for other products
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- prince
- XNt
- 21 May 2016
@NJ......
I completely agree with you as far as corruption is concerned .......
.its a weed that we need to get rid off....
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.but having said that its not only a local phenomena .....every country has its sets of problems ........be it west or east ......
we choose our news conveniently..........
Europe has migrants ....
US has racism
Russia / China has authoritarian
Africa is in backwardness / debt
middle east is in ethnic turmoil
southeast Asia/ Sub continent in corruption ....
so on and so forth
but this is not the problem to discuss that ...
focusing on the topic related to smartphones and Apple in general
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just quick market comparison ( in terms of used phone )
samsung leads the all the way
Apple comes a distant ( miles ) 2nd ....
Now comes to the business part....
Samsung : 17% of the profit comes from used phones
Apple : only 3.7% of the profit comes from used phones
in order to bridge the gap ( and earn more profits in general ) apple has to find a place where it has not ventured into
US / Canada / Europe already has a base for refurbished iphones
Russia : out of question
China : too competitive to breath ( Xiaomi / huawei / Meizu/ Letvs / OPPO etc )at times they offer new phones at a price much cheaper that refurbished iphones
so the only country remains is INDIA
its a young vibrant developing and hugely populated country ( though buying power is less )
no company has market domination
so investing in this country would certainly help generate revenue with near outdated phones with Apple certification and get them profit ......
that business for you
:)
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- AnonD-467869
- vG@
- 21 May 2016
I don't see Apple EVER gaining much traction in India. They're as much of a status symbol here as everywhere else, but even so, first and foremost, Indians think with their wallets; few could justify the cost of getting something as overpriced as an iPhone, when they can get something else that'll do everything they need it to do for a fraction of the price. Of course, there will still be plenty of people buying them, enough for Apple to make a sizeable profit, but their market share will probably only increase by 5% at most.
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- AnonD-278523
- KAe
- 21 May 2016
the pricing is the main issue.. Apple should try to make their products in India, that way it can be way more succesful.. and more people will get the job. Samsung did that, now it and micromax are leaders