Apple Maps has rolled out several of its offerings to new markets, including speed limits in Canada, turn-by-turn directions in India and new flyover locations and indoor maps.
A source claims Foxconn is planning to assemble high-end iPhones in India in a move that could help both it and the Cupertino firm to limit the impact of a trade war between the US and China.
Apple has finally approved a mobile app, developed by India’s telecom regulator TRAI, which helps users avoid spammy phone calls and unsolicited text messages, VentureBeat said Friday.
Apple has reportedly appointed Nokia’s 15-year veteran Ashish Chowdhary to take over its struggling India operations beginning next year.
Apple has hired 3,500 people for their centre focused on Maps development in Hyderabad.
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.
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 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.
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.
While iPhone 6s Plus may seem outdated by today’s standards, it accounted for an estimated one-third of Apple’s smartphone sales in India last year.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.
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.
Just like Apple, Google may launch its own brick-and-mortar stores in India.