Apple poaches a Nokia executive to lead its struggling India operations
Apple has reportedly appointed Nokia’s 15-year veteran Ashish Chowdhary to take over its struggling India operations beginning next year.
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Apple hires 3,500 people for India’s Maps development center, headcount to grow to 5,000
Apple has hired 3,500 people for their centre focused on Maps development in Hyderabad.
iPhone to be “derecognized” from Indian networks if Apple rejects anti-spam app?
If Apple doesn’t approve an anti-spam app by the Indian government, its iPhone models could be “derecognized” from local networks, meaning they would no longer function.
Here’s Apple’s five-point plan designed to turn things around in India
Currently, all Apple products in India are sold by a network of third-party retailers and specializes shops, but the company reportedly wants to turn things around and has come up with a plan to increase its minuscule share of the Indian smartphone market.
Apple begins iPhone 6s production in India
Apple has begun production on the iPhone 6s in India. This is the second Apple handset after the iPhone SE to be manufactured in the nation.
LTE Apple Watch Series 3 coming to Denmark, Sweden & India next month
Apple to bring the cellular version of its latest smartwatch to customers in Denmark, Sweden and India net month on May 11, with pre-orders starting on May 4. The Cupertino technology giant will also expand availability of these cellular watches to more countries later this year.
Apple trialing production of nearly three years old iPhone 6s Plus in India
While iPhone 6s Plus may seem outdated by today’s standards, it accounted for an estimated one-third of Apple’s smartphone sales in India last year. The company could reduce production cost of iPhone 6s Plus by five to seven percent with local manufacturing.
WhatsApp is testing person-to-person payments in India
Facebook employees have been dogfooding WhatsApp’s peer-to-peer payments feature in India, where the app has a large user base of 200 million people. If the trial is successful, WhatsApp is likely to bring this feature to all users.
Google looking to build retail stores in India to boost Pixel sales
Just like Apple, Google may launch its own brick-and-mortar stores in India.
Apple has increased prices of all iPhone models in India except the locally made iPhone SE
256GB iPhone X is now priced at the equivalent of $1,646.
Indian government eager to help Apple expand manufacturing in the country
The Indian government would be “very happy” if Apple were to expand its manufacturing presence in the country.
Apple to assist the Indian government in developing an anti-spam iOS app
The Cupertino giant had earlier refused to approve India’s anti-spam app for iOS citing privacy concerns.