“Fruit’ device fans who live or travel to India are used to Apple store India online services however many customers wish to one day enter the official Apple retail store in India. When will this happen? When could the Cupertino-based company get approval from Indian government for it first retail store?
When Apple was planning to open iPhone and iPad store in India the Finance Minister Arun Jaitley was against because it wanted the ‘fruit’ giant to meet Indian sourcing rules that are must-do for all manufacturers.
There are no official Apple retail store locations India customers know about because this yet has to be opened by the company once local government finds an agreement with the iPhone maker. There were rumors about Apple getting a manufacture plant in India to be able to produce at least 30 percent of iPhone and iPad components. This is the only way to open retail stores here.
Right now Apple gadgets are mostly manufactured in China. There are several companies Apple is working with. Some produce components for the famous iOS devices while others assemble current and future models.
Indian market is very important to Apple because there are millions of local customers who are fond of iPhone and other devices. For example, there are predictions about Apple selling about 1 billion smartphones in the next 5 years. Doesn’t it sound amazing?
Are you looking forward for more iPhones in India? Apple hopes to bring its refurbished devices to this market however local government is also against.