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AppleInsider writes today that according to new data from Counterpoint Research’s Tarun Pathak, Apple is still top of the Indian premium smartphone market, with the iPhone X way out in front of its nearest rival, Samsung. Counterpoint’s data shows that Apple had 47% of all smartphones costing...

9to5 Mac reports that the first iPhone SE models to be manufactured in India have arrived in retail stores in several cities in that country following Apple’s confirmation yesterday that production had started on the phones. Unfortunately, though, the fact that the phones were being manufactured...

According to a new report from The Economic Times in India, via 9to5 Mac, following many months of negotiations, Apple will start selling the iPhone SE directly in India later this year via its online store only. The phones will be manufactured in India in order to fulfil requirements laid down...

9to5 Mac reports that a government official in India has said that a deal with Apple to manufacture iPhones in the country in exchange for being allowed to open Apple retail stores there is “almost a done deal.” It was recently reported that Wistron, rather than Foxconn, would be Apple’s...

9to5 Mac reports that the iPhone 7 has officially launched in India today, and Apple has also today announced more countries where the iPhone 7 and the Apple Watch Series 2 will soon be released. The list starts with Israel, which will get both the iPhone 7 and the Apple Watch Series 2 on...

AppleInsider reports that Apple has announced that it is opening an office in Hyderabad, India, for the purposes of developing Maps products for iOS, Mac, and Apple Watch. The new centre will provide jobs for up to 4,000 employees, who will concentrate on developing Maps updates as well as new...

Tim Cook continues on his travels this week, moving on from Beijing to India, where MacRumors reports he made a pre-dawn visit to the Siddhivinayak Temple in Mumbai today. New Apple India head Sanjay Kaul joined the Apple CEO on his visit. Aside from visiting the famous temple, Cook also met...

AppleInsider reports that according to The Economic Times of India, Foxconn is currently negotiating with the Indian government to build a manufacturing plant solely for Apple products in India. Apparently the deal is progressing well, and Foxconn is on the verge of signing the deeds for a...

AppleInsider reports that Apple’s iPhone sales in India continue to impress, with the latest figures from Canalys showing that Apple’s iPhone sales increased by 56% year over year. So, while Apple still has a lot of ground to make up with the main players in India such as Samsung and Intex (as...

According to a news report in the Indian Express, via AppleInsider, the Indian government has just ruled that by January 2018, all cell phones in India must have some sort of panic button device equipped, as well as built-in GPS so that the location of the phone would be automatically shared...

According to AppleInsider, Apple has asked the Indian government for approval to import and resell used iPhones in the country. The news came in a statement made by India’s telecommunications minister today in the Rajya Sabha, India’s upper house of parliament. Prasad said that an application...

India’s Economic Times reports that Apple has cut the price of the iPhone 5s in India for the third time in the past three months, down to Rs 24,999 ($370/£245) from Rs 44,500 ($665/£440) in September. This means that the iPhone 5s now costs less to buy in India than elsewhere in the world...