As part of its seasonal offers to celebrate Diwali, Apple is offering buyers of the iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus in India a bonus of special edition Beats Solo Buds.
Police in India have arrested a man who ordered an iPhone and then killed the courier rather than pay the cash-on-delivery fee.
A fire that broke out on September 28th at a factory that supplies iPhone components in Hosur, India has forced the plant to temporarily close.
Apple is continuing to expand manufacturing in India, and the country will reportedly produce the iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro Max as well as the regular models.
Following reports of married women being specifically excluded from jobs at Foxconn's India iPhone facilities, the company's chairman has said that the company does have married women as employees — but didn't specifically dispute accusations over its hiring practices.
Officials in India say that Apple has made a 20-fold increase in its local operations, including iPhone production, making it both the fastest-growing company, and also the first to become that because of moving work from China.
India's antitrust regulator is backtracking from its accusations against Apple and the App Store because of a legal technicality.
Tata Group's acquisition of a stake in rival Vivo's India business was allegedly stopped by Apple, due to Tata owning a factory with Apple's supply chain.
Apple could make more iPhone models in India in 2024, with it reportedly preparing to make Pro and Pro Max versions for the first time, when the iPhone 16 debuts.
After setting up operations in India to produce iPhones, Apple assembly partner Foxconn is considering whether to do the same with iPads.
India is cutting back its import duty on iPhones and also selected iPhone components, meaning it will cost Apple less to bring in completed phones, and to make new ones locally.
Apple's sales in India have jumped up considerably over the last year, a move aided by the iPhone maker's moves to encourage consumer demand in the market.
After three years of investigations, Indian regulators have concluded that Apple has been using antitrust behaviours by forcing App Store developers to use its in-app payment system.
Apple is reportedly investigating expanding iPad manufacturing to India, as well as AirPod charging cases, following its rapidly growing iPhone production in the country.
Following accusations that iPhone manufacturer Foxconn discriminates against hiring married women, the Indian government has questioned executives and is studying documentary evidence.
The Apple Vision Pro is continuing to get praise from the medical community, with it being used in even more surgical procedures requiring precision and detail.
Apple's largest iPhone manufacturer has reported almost a fifth higher revenue for April 2024 compared to the same month in 2023, in part because of diversification.
Despite its well-publicized moves to cut its dependence on China as its main supplier, Apple has also been increasing the number of firms it works with for production with in the region.
Foxconn is closing factories in China as iPhone production moves elsewhere, and impacts beyond industry have been made crystal clear in a new video.
A security blog claims that the recent attack on iPhones was done by spyware called LightSpy, which appears to be linked to China.
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