Apple pledges $10 million in Indonesia factory to circumvent iPhone 16 ban
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- 06 Nov 2024
kurotsuki, 06 Nov 2024Apparently, Indonesian market is too big to be ignored. Sur... moreNah, only minimum effort from Apple, and the money goes to their own partners anyway. Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia, all have Apple stores. If Indonesia were so important, Apple would’ve entered, but they didn’t, and won’t anytime soon.
Even OnePlus cancelled their entry into that country.
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Billy , 06 Nov 2024That's because the country you mention is according to... moreNo loss for Apple. $10mil is chump change for Apple, and it goes to their own partners anyway. Apple wouldn’t bother setting up shop in Indonesia because it’s not worth the hassle. OnePlus cancelled their entry into that country. Sony and Motorola exited. Tesla also skipped Indonesia.
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- 06 Nov 2024
potato4k, 06 Nov 2024LOL. Maybe look into what Apple said they would do. They li... moreThat's because the country you mention is according to what Apple wants, while Indonesia will not want to follow the rules that Apple provides. Apple must comply with the rules in Indonesia. Simples as that.
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- 06 Nov 2024
Apparently, Indonesian market is too big to be ignored. Sure, 12% is looks small compared to Android (which is the rest). But with 209 million of total smartphone users, it still a huge market to ignore.
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- 06 Nov 2024
Anonymous, 06 Nov 2024I mean, for the fourth most populated country in the world ... moreWhat really matters is the percentage market share in that region. Maybe iPhone not very popular there, hence apple decided to not setup local facilities
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- 06 Nov 2024
Anonymous, 06 Nov 2024"then you have to give us something in return" ... moreTrue, but at least they opened official Apple Stores running in the country. This is more than enough to give working opportunity to the people in the country, as well as paying taxes to the country.
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- 06 Nov 2024
Putra979, 06 Nov 2024The main problem is, Apple ask for 50 YEARS tax holiday and... moreWell they do it in europe too, would be cool to see a bann like this in europe too.
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- 06 Nov 2024
Apple deman Free Tax for 50 Years you think our beloved country indonesia is a joke? even if Apple is a Giant Tech Company they did not have that Demanding Ability! i will stand with my Government!
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Anonymous, 06 Nov 2024"then you have to give us something in return" ... moreWould be a good idea though.
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potato4k, 06 Nov 2024LOL. Maybe look into what Apple said they would do. They li... moreWell the nickname sais it all, never heard about investments, right? That is also the only thing indonesia wants, investments into their companies....i mean literally you just said it while contradicting apples will to stay in indonesia🤣. Some people....
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Anonymous, 06 Nov 2024"then you have to give us something in return" ... moreNo, it’s a wise and courageous decision by Indonesia. There’s no extortion involved; it’s simply a country recognizing its own worth and prioritizing its people over a greedy corporation.
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- 06 Nov 2024
Anonymous, 06 Nov 2024"then you have to give us something in return" ... moreMost Indonesian support the bans of iPhone's sales if they don't comply with the 40% local content rule.
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Anonymous, 06 Nov 2024"then you have to give us something in return" ... moreThen just don't sell iPhone to Indonesia.
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Anonymous, 05 Nov 2024How does the Indonesian government try to hold its citizens... more"then you have to give us something in return"
That is quite frankly, extortion by the government. There are many countries that don't have iPhone factories or such but local government there do NOT go around banning anyone without a factory
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- 06 Nov 2024
I mean, for the fourth most populated country in the world they are not wrong..
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- 06 Nov 2024
wait until 2025 in 2 month and start 2nd banned season again for iphone LOL
the goverment ask for 40% TKD which majority phone manufacture like xiaomi, samsung opening a factory and assembling/manufacture their phone in indonesia, if apple just keep investing in another company, then next year it will be the same pattern haha lots of indonesia rich people are using iphone for identity, so getting banned for their latest phone will destroy their marketshare like huawei in US
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- 06 Nov 2024
The main problem is, Apple ask for 50 YEARS tax holiday and disrespect government regulation. While another brand like Vivo and Samsung could easily following the regulation, Apple as always doing some weird American negotiations and now got punished.
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- 06 Nov 2024
after spend $10M to build factory, apple can earn $100M back to its pocket.
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- 06 Nov 2024
Im a little bit confused bout google pixel sales ban... google havent released pixel in indonesia officialy
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- 06 Nov 2024
nemesis8, 05 Nov 2024they have a lot of people but how many are actually buying ... moreAbout 13% of phone market share here is hold by Apple. Just 0.4% lower than Xiaomi and Vivo.