Preliminary estimates from Counterpoint Research put launch-day demand for the iPhone 18 Pro series in India 15% to 28% above last year’s iPhone 17 Pro, depending on the city, Business Standard reported on September 18, the day the phones went on sale there. Counterpoint’s research director Tarun Pathak gave no figure of his own on…
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Apple Pay reportedly launches in India in October, with Axis Bank cards first
Apple Pay is set to launch in India in October, with Axis Bank credit cards first, according to a Reuters report from September 18 that cites three people with knowledge of the matter. Reuters put the launch “next month”, and Apple hasn’t confirmed it. iOS 27 and iPadOS 27. Image: Apple If the report holds,…
Apple One closes to new subscribers in India and other iCloud+ bundle countries
New customers in India can no longer sign up for Apple One, and anyone there who pays for Apple TV or Apple Arcade on its own will have that subscription cancelled and folded into iCloud+. Current Apple One members keep their plans. A presenter on stage at Apple Park Both changes are in the fine…
Apple and India's CCI: The Fight Over a $38 Billion Fine Formula
India’s Competition Commission has been sitting on a completed antitrust investigation into Apple’s App Store since 2021. The fight this month is not over the underlying conduct but over how large a fine the regulator is allowed to calculate, a dispute paused in the Delhi High Court with no new order found since mid-July. A…
iPhone 18 Pro in India: The Price Complaint Apple Answers, and the Import Question It Does Not
Apple India lists iPhone 18 Pro from ₹1,64,900 and iPhone 18 Pro Max from ₹1,79,900, among the highest starting figures Apple publishes anywhere for this phone. That price gap is the complaint most people expect. The one Apple’s own India pages actually leave open is different: what happens to a unit bought outside India, and…
Apple India Publishes a ₹15,000 Cashback Ceiling, and It Is Not ₹15,000 Off an iPhone 18 Pro
Apple India’s Ways to Buy page advertises instant cashback of up to ₹15,000 on eligible cards. That is a store-wide ceiling across everything Apple India sells, and the figure recorded for the iPhone 18 Pro launch offer specifically is up to ₹7,000. iPhone 18 Pro starts at ₹1,64,900 in India, with the Pro Max at…
Will Siri AI Speak Hindi? What Apple Has Published for India
Apple has published no timeline for Siri AI in Hindi, and no timeline for Apple Intelligence in Hindi either. Hindi is not among the 16 languages Apple lists, and the one dated expansion Apple has announced covers French, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese and Spanish in October. Siri AI arrives in beta on 14 September, in English…
iPhone 18 Pro Exchange Offer in India: How Much Apple Says You Can Save
Apple India publishes exactly one number for its exchange offer, and it is a ceiling rather than a quote: “Save up to ₹62,000.00 when you exchange your eligible smartphone.” Apple does not publish a per-model table anywhere on its Indian site, so the specific answer to what your own phone is worth is not a…
iPhone Duo in India: What ₹2,99,900 Really Costs After No Cost EMI and Cashback
iPhone Duo starts at ₹2,99,900 in India, and Apple’s own store shows a monthly figure from ₹48,817 against it. That is not a long instalment plan: six of those payments come to ₹2,92,902, which is ₹6,998 below the list price, so the number you see already has a cashback deduction folded in and is spread…
AirPods 5 Price in India: ₹14,900 and ₹17,900 for Both Models, and Why the UK Figure Is Missing
AirPods 5 cost ₹14,900 in India and AirPods 5 with Wireless Charging Case cost ₹17,900, according to Apple’s India newsroom release of September 9. Pre-orders opened the same day and both models reach stores on Friday, September 18, the same date as the United States. AirPods 5 are the first open-ear AirPods with Active Noise…
Apple Watch Ultra 4 Price by Country: C$1,099, A$1,349, €899, ₹1,09,900 and ¥142,800, With the UK Still Unlisted
Apple Watch Ultra 4 starts at $799 in the US, C$1,099 in Canada, A$1,349 in Australia, €899 in Germany and France, ₹1,09,900 in India, ¥142,800 in Japan, S$1,199 in Singapore and AED 3,199 in the UAE, according to Apple’s press release for each country. Apple has not published a UK price, and no country’s release…
Apple Watch Series 12 Price in Canada and India: C$549 and ₹56,900 to Start, and Why the UK Figure Is Missing
Apple Watch Series 12 starts at C$549 in Canada and ₹56,900 in India, according to Apple’s press releases for those countries. Apple has not published a UK price, and no Store page shows per-size, titanium, ceramic or cellular prices in served content, so this page covers the two confirmed figures and what is still missing.…
iPhone 18 Pro Price in India: ₹1,64,900 to ₹3,29,900, EMI Options and the ₹7,000 Cashback
The iPhone 18 Pro costs ₹1,64,900 in India for 256GB, ₹1,89,900 for 512GB, ₹2,39,900 for 1TB and ₹3,14,900 for 2TB, according to Apple’s Store page. The iPhone 18 Pro Max is ₹15,000 more at every tier: ₹1,79,900, ₹2,04,900, ₹2,54,900 and ₹3,29,900. Apple India lists EMI from ₹26,316 a month for the cheapest Pro and up…
Apple Turns Down India’s Enforcement Directorate Request To Unlock Opposition’s iPhone
Apple has reportedly turned down India’s Enforcement Directorate’s request to unlock the iPhone.
Apple BKC Store Celebrates Mumbai's Creativity and Culture
Apple BKC store in Mumbai, India is scheduled to open on Tuesday, April 18. Find out more about the first Apple retail store in the country.
Working Longer and Sleeping Better - TMO Daily Observations 2023-03-14
Apple and Foxconn are seeing better conditions for manufacturing in India. TMO Managing Editor Jeff Butts and Ken talk over the changes and consider worker issues. Plus – Our Apple Watches tell us we’re not getting enough sleep. We’ll look at how our Apple Watches can help.
Making India Its Own Thing - TMO Daily Observations 2023-03-09
Secret so-and-sos say, internally, Apple is viewing India as its own sales region. TMO writer Nick deCourville joins Ken to talk that over. Plus – secret sources say Apple has an opt-out clause on its ten-year MLS contract. Ken talks about why he thinks Apple’s in for the long haul.
More iPhone Making for India and More Soccer for Everyone - TMO Daily Observations 2023-03-06
Bloomberg and the Wall Street Journal have tales of more Apple manufacturing in India. TMO Managing Editor Jeff Butts and Ken talk those over. Plus a quick trip to the Apple Store and Apple’s soccer push continues.
From One Frying Pan to Another? - TMO Daily Observations 2023-01-20
India has given Chinese companies a green light that should help Apple grow manufacturing on the subcontinent. But, if it requires Chinese companies, is diversification into India really diversification? TMO Managing Editor Jeff Butts and Ken puzzle over that. Plus – a how-to on making use of HomePod’s temperature and humidity sensors.
iPhone Misses Christmas and Musk Misses the Point - TMO Daily Observations 2022-12-06
Foxconn says it’s getting iPhone production back on track. TMO Managing Editor Jeff Butts joins Ken to talk righting the ship post holidays. Plus Apple’s pause in Twitter ads was not about Elon Musk nor free speech. It was apparently about propriety and decency. We’ll talk it over.
Apple Warns on iPhone 14 Pro Production - TMO Daily Observations 2022-11-07
A press release on a Sunday night? TMO Managing Editor Jeff Butts joins Ken to talk about the bad iPhone news Apple offered and who the news was for. Plus – Major League Soccer may be Apple’s advertising test kitchen for that other football people like so much.
Apple Supplier Pegatron Starts Assembling iPhone 14 in India
Apple’s has Pegatron beginning to assemble iPhone 14 models in India in a move to gradually shift iPhone production away from China.
Apple Confirms iOS 16.2 Beta Will Officially Enable 5G in India
Apple confirmed that 5G in India will be enabled with the release of the next iOS 16.2 beta for developers and public testers next week.
Apple and Airtel Set to Discuss Rollout of 5G Support to iPhones in India
Apple and Airtel executives are scheduled to meet this week to discuss the rollout of iPhone 5G support on Airtel’s 5G network.