News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Apple Not Able to Open Stores in India Without Selling 30% Locally Sourced Goods.

Re:Apple Not Able to Open Stores in India Without Selling 30... by geodel on Wednesday May 25, 2016 @07:16PM (#11773943)
Irrespective of Apple being able open stores, one has to remember India is really tiny market for Apple widgets. There is no comparison to China in term of market size. Apple shipped around 1.7 million phone in India in 2015. This may look lot but going ahead I think they are going sell quite less than that as there is no 2 year upgrade cycle.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Apple Not Able to Open Stores in India Without Selling 30... by RealGeek on Wednesday May 25, 2016 @08:55PM (#11774409)
Apple sales are weak in India because iPhone is overpriced in India, prices of Apple products in India are a lot higher than US. In 2015, over 100 million smartphones were sold in India.

Apple sells iPhone 6s 16 GB for $920 in India[1], while you can buy comparable Android smartphones from manufacturers like Xiaomi and OnePlus for $300 to $400

Sweet-spot price for Indian middle class is $300 to $400 and they typically upgrade in 1 to 2 years.

[1] http://www.apple.com/in/iphone/compare/

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Apple Not Able to Open Stores in India Without Selling 30... by inopinatus on Wednesday May 25, 2016 @08:27PM (#11774276)
Even a tiny sliver of 1.3 billion people may be worth pursuing once other markets are saturated. There may be no comparison in terms of sales volume sales, but some might call that a growth opportunity, not a tiny market. Also note that these are new rules being tested, so what goes for Apple might also go for Amazon et al.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Apple Not Able to Open Stores in India Without Selling 30... by eru on Wednesday May 25, 2016 @08:25PM (#11774260)
They will sell less upgrades, but there's oodles of Indians still without the status symbol that a nice iPhone is. (They just aren't rich enough yet to afford one.)
[ Parent | on HN ]