Indonesia bans sale and use of iPhone 16 series

28 October 2024
The ban is a direct result of Apple's unmet investment commitments in the country.

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potato4k, 28 Oct 2024Apple saved money in the end. The rich Indonesians would ju... moreThere are 80% Indonesian people bought latest iPhone from Singapore. the reason why, due to distributor or official resellers are expensive than buying iPhone from other country (even they have to pay more tax for imported iPhone which is bs)

So, the government really wants Apple to build factory as more advantages to local employees. But, i disagree with the government's hope because of controversial about political things.

Hope they should gave a good chance for Apple after deal issue was solved.

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    • 28 Oct 2024

    iFold is coming.....lol

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      • 28 Oct 2024

      potato4k, 28 Oct 2024So many readers here are not even well informed. Firstly, ... moreActually, Apple's target is not on the spending power of the people but the minor few as well as its dumb but rich 'neighbour'.

      In fact, this daring move is a good move by their govt against 'superpower' companies like Apple. But the main thing is Apple still commands a large consumer base as they specifically targeted non-smart users (thus the iPhone 16 series exists.....with just a camera button difference) as u can still see ppl still flocking to buy them, no matter how much intellect they have.

      Let's hope more steps up like the Indonesian Govt did here.

        Aierlan, 28 Oct 2024Are you sure Xiaomi has factories in Indonesia. They don�... moreThe factories is mostly for assemblement. The parts is still made in China

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          • 28 Oct 2024

          Another comedy for me to read 🍿🍿
          I feel like watching Charlie Chaplin movie here 🥸

            Koishi Komeiji, 28 Oct 2024big W for government because they also gave alot of high ta... moreApple saved money in the end. The rich Indonesians would just buy their iPhones from Singapore or Malaysia. The end.

            Why do you think Apple set up like three Apple stores in the tiny island Singapore?

              So many readers here are not even well informed.
              Firstly, Apple doesn't have an iPhone factory. The one that's making Apple iPhones is Foxconn. So moaning and whining for Apple to build a factory is useless, because Apple doesn't make their own iPhones. That question should be asked to Foxconn.

              Meanwhile, Samsung, Oppo, et al do have factories of their own. As such they simply comply by having a factory in the country.

              It's the same story with India. India has similar regulatory hurdles in a form of import tariffs, to encourage companies to build factories locally. In India's case, Foxconn does have a factory there, so Apple could simply come in with their official presence as a store. This is also because Apple sees India's potential.

              As for Indonesia, Apple doesn't care about the country. Despite the massive population, their actual buying power of the general population is very weak, and it's going weaker YoY. Add on the constantly changing regulations and top to bottom corruption. Besides, Apple can easily service their rich Indonesian fans through Apple stores in Singapore and Malaysia. Apple's target market are affluent enough to easily fly there to get their Apple fix.

              Is Apple being cheap? Well, they didn't become trillion dollar company by being nice. Apple knows what it's doing.

                Anonymous, 28 Oct 2024Ban sales is possible. But how to ban people from using?They don't. We can still buy it outside the country then bring it here

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                  • 28 Oct 2024

                  Indo-what?

                  Ah, yes, the country that gets mixed up as part of Malaysia. Oh well, I guess they need the money to move their capital around.


                  Honestly, no big deal tbh. Indonesia is not a big growing market as India or China. You cant win them all.

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                    • 28 Oct 2024

                    Anonymous, 28 Oct 2024no you can't use it. because in Indonesia have signal ... moreAs far as I've understood as a local, it's still legal to use your iPhone a long as it's registered in their system. Indonesian govt. requires us to register our IMEI to Customs ("Bea Cukai" in Indonesian) when bringing the device as handcarry with maximum of 2 devices at a time. It can be done only with our tickets and in someday after you arrived (based on your tickets).
                    What's not legal is selling iPhone 16 series and Apple Watch 10 series as an authorized seller.
                    If you're traveling to Indonesia from aboard, you can register your device IMEI to get network access for a certain time. If you're not registering yours, you won't be able to get any cellular signal and have to use WiFi.

                    And Indonesian system isn't blacklisting, but it uses whitelist. Once yours are registered, you're in. Otherwise, you simply just won't get any cellular signal.

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                      • 28 Oct 2024

                      Whatevs, 28 Oct 2024I wonder if Samsung, Xiaomi, and other manufactures met tha... moreXiaomi has production facilities in Indonesia catering to surrounding countries. Ditto Samsung.

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                        rizki1, 28 Oct 2024Good work from my government that I can say, this can reduc... moreIn India meanwhile, Apple has authorised resellers, official online store and increasing number of Apple stores as well across the cities. They also have a factory here where they assemble iPhones

                          big W for government because they also gave alot of high taxes for people who bought iPhone 16 from outside country.

                          yet, Apple lied the government about their promise back in April 2024 during meeting.

                            jiyen235, 28 Oct 2024I think Xiaomi's main factory's either in China o... moreThey basically don't manufacture any phones in China themselves apart from foldables. It's all outsourced to third parties like BYD and others

                              Anonymous, 28 Oct 2024They are a business and they won't invest money in a c... moreWell they should this is the result. Others governments would and could follow.
                              Then Apple opens new Research and Developement ceters, manufacturies and mmany else in every country or they loose in every field. Sales is most important but also help little nation which can greatly benefit from such investment.

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                                • 28 Oct 2024

                                jiyen235, 28 Oct 2024I think Xiaomi's main factory's either in China o... moreIf I'm not mistaken all the Xiaomi meant for ASEAN zone and Europe are manufactured in India and Vietnam only the packaging color of the Indian variant (full red for Redmi 13 Pro+) differentiate it from others but they are all identical specs wise except bands aggregation between ASEAN versions and European/Global variants.

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                                  • 28 Oct 2024

                                  Apple market only 5% in indonesia.
                                  It small noney.
                                  The rest belong to samsung n xiaomi

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                                    • 28 Oct 2024

                                    pl2rts, 28 Oct 2024It's nothing news when it comes to Apple. Trillion dol... moreThey are a business and they won't invest money in a country just because the local government wants them to

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                                      • 28 Oct 2024

                                      Apple wouldn't care lol !

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                                        • 28 Oct 2024

                                        I hope google pixel and sony xperia come in indonesia,

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