The Apple Company decided to start the production of ‘Made
in India‘ iPhones before a couple of weeks. Production of Smartphone will take
place in the new plant in Bengaluru. The company expects to attempt more
accuracy on GST level. The Apple Company also said that they have decided to
start the shipping to residential this month.
Apple is eager to come together with iPhones in India. The
Wall Street Journal reported the news on Wednesday. The Cupertino-based
manufacturers of iPhones and iPads have created many groups of iPhone SE’s in
Bengaluru which is going to reach the distribution directors Redington and
Ingram soon. India is the third country to build iPhones. We can say that
world’s most reputed smartphone Company Apple finds necessary to set a factory
in India.
The Taiwanese company Wistron has contracted with Apple
Company to deal with the city’s industrial core of Peenya. Apple also said that
at first, they will produce few amount of iPhone SE in Bengaluru. The phone
screen is about 4-inches. It packs an A9 chip which was used for making iPhone
6S. The Apple iPhone SE consists of the 12 MP rear camera and 1.2 MP selfie
camera. Right now, the 32GB storage variant of Space Grey color costs Rs
22,000.
The IT minister of Karnataka Priyank Kharge said that the
arrangement of Apple’s iPhone will bring a positive change in the city. Tim
Cook the CEO of Apple Company said that when he came to India for the first
time, he had created an app development center in Bengaluru and started a
research center for Apple in Hyderabad. He made the investment of $25 million.
They also had a meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and discussed all of
the manufacturing and retailing details in India.
Cook also said that his Company had made a way into India
spending lots of energy in retailing and manufacturing. The increase in the
youths and improving 4G network impressed Cook. Navkendar Singh IDC India
senior research manager said Apple could not change the product price in a
rush, because of the increasing demand of their product in India. Whereas,
Apple will invest the extra profit for expanding their centers. The Company
will confirm that their devices are available in maximum retail stores.
In this year, Apple was left behind by Samsung. There is a
tough competition between Apple and Samsung in manufacturing high-range
smartphones. In the first quarter, Samsung’s market share rose to 48% from 31%
in last year, explained by Counterpoint Technology Market Research. On the
other hand, Apple’s market share decreased from 62% to 43%. Let’s look further,
whether Apple iPhone SE will help the company to get back its reputation in the
smartphone market.
