Even as Apple released Apple Music Classical and a very yellow iPhone 14 in March 2023, it was looking to the future in India, while placating China.
Fresh from being spotted on Sunday at the annual Coachella music and arts festival in California, Tim Cook is already in India on a tour taking in the new Apple stores.
As Apple CEO Tim Cook is in India for the opening of the company's first stores in the country, he is expected to meet with Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Ahead of Tuesday's opening, Apple has given a sneak peek into its Apple BKC store in Mumbai, showing off a handcrafted timber ceiling and its energy efficiency credentials.
Apple is reportedly ahead of schedule in its plans to move iPhone production to facilities in India, tripling its manufacturing there since 2021.
Apple's lease for its Apple BKC store in Mumbai reportedly includes a specific list of 22 competing brands that it will not allow to have any advertising or retail locations nearby.
Apple BKC in Mumbai and Apple Saket in New Delhi mark Apple's first two stores in India, and they are opening within 48 hours of each other.
Apple has agreed a $300,000 monthly lease for more than three floors of a new building in Minsk Square, in Bengaluru's business distract, on condition no competitors get space there.
In an effort to cut reliance on China, Apple is expecting to triple iPhone production in India in 2023, and it might even export the iPhone 15 to global consumers at the end of the year.
The striking artwork design for Apple BKC, the official name for Apple's first Mumbai store, has been revealed, as the company works to expand its presence in India.
Rapidly declining laptop sales are a grave portent for India's overall PC market, but Apple's dominance of the tablet portion of that market with the iPad remains a bright spot.
In 2022, Shipments of smartphones made in India declined overall, but the value of the market is increasing thanks to premium smartphones such as the iPhone.
Apple iPhone manufacturer Pegatron is to increase production in India, and is in talks to lease another factory in the Chennai region.
After success in one region, Apple is seeking more labor reforms across India to move more manufacturing out of China.
Foxconn's previously announced new factory in Bengaluru, India, has now cleared local government approval — though at greater cost and with fewer jobs.
The first flagship Apple Store in India will be opening in Mumbai in April, a report claims, with a second outlet in New Delhi set to arrive soon after.
India wants new security rules forcing smartphone producers like Apple to allow governmental pre-screening of operating system updates, such as for iOS, as well as enabling the removal of pre-installed apps.
Apple and manufacturing partner Foxconn have successfully lobbied for new labor regulations in southern Indian state of Karnataka in an effort to dial back reliance on Chinese manufacturing.
The head of India at Apple is being promoted, making the country its own sales region, but it won't affect how Apple reports global earnings.
To help improve water, sanitation, and hygiene in India, Apple is collaborating with the non-governmental group Frank Water.
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