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NEW DELHI, April 11 (Reuters) - Apple Inc The phone is being produced at a local plant of Apple's Taiwanese contract manufacturer Foxconn Apple has been shifting some areas of iPhone production from China to other markets including India, the world's second biggest smartphone market, and is also planning to assemble iPad tablets there. India and countries such as Mexico and Vietnam are becoming increasingly important to contract manufacturers supplying American brands as they try to diversify production away from China. The iPhone 13 is the fourth model to be produced locally after Apple launched manufacturing operations in India in 2017 with the iPhone SE.

MUMBAI, INDIA - APRIL 18: Tim Cook, CEO, Apple Inc, greets the crowd, during inauguration of "Apple ... [+] Store", first outlet opened in India, at Bandra-Kurla Complex on April 18, 2023 in Mumbai, India. (Photo by Anshuman Poyrekar/Hindustan Times via Getty Images) Hindustan Times via Getty Images Apple’s revenue is declining. CEO Tim Cook hopes that after 25 years in the enormous Indian market, the tech giant can win enough of its revenues to accelerate its top line. This strategy created a significant mismatch between what Indian consumers expected and what Apple delivered. Here is where the company fell short: • Its iPhone price far exceeds the $269 Indian smartphone average. • iPhone’s battery life was too short for the needs of commuters. • Its customer service was terrible. • Its marketing strategy was less effective than that of rivals. In the last four years, Apple has made some significant moves — but it has not yet done enough to overcome its competitive disadvantages. Until it does that, India will not supply enough revenue for the company to reach the nearly 16% average annual growth it enjoyed between 2011 and 2021. How much is India slowing down? With 650 million smartphone users it is the second largest market behind China. Yet mobile Internet growth has stalled. As of last October, India had 790 million wireless broadband subscribers — a mere 1 million more than in 2021, according to the BBC. The number of new smartphones sold fell 10% to 151 million unit...

MUMBAI, April 6 (Reuters) - Apple Inc The store is still in barricades and is likely to open this month, a person familiar with the matter told Reuters. India has become a big market for the Cupertino, California-based company, which launched an online retail store in the world's second-largest smartphone market in 2020. Still, due to its high prices, Apple has only a 3% share of India's smartphone market. Apple has previously faced hurdles in opening physical retail stores in the country, with 2021 launch plans delayed because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Apple products, however, have been sold in India for years on e-commerce platforms such as Amazon.com Inc India is also increasingly becoming a manufacturing base, with some Apple products, including iPhones, The first retail store is located in the premier Reliance Jio World Drive mall, home to various luxury clothing and jewellery brands like Michael Kors, Kate Spade and Swarovski. The brightly-lit store was "inspired by the iconic Kaali Peeli taxi art unique to Mumbai," Apple said in a statement, referring to the city's decades-old yellow and black taxis. People were taking selfies and recording videos on their smartphones outside the store on Wednesday evening, with the Apple logo decked out in a variety of colours and a version of the classic Apple greeting showing "Hello Mumbai".

Cook, who is in currently in India visit, also met Prime Minister Narendra Modi and assured that Apple was "committed to growing and investing across the country". Cook inaugurated an Apple store in New Delhi on Thursday, two days after opening its first outlet at BKC in Mumbai, the financial capital of the country.