OnePlus is importing the new model into India because it claims that current quality requirements put a damper on local production efficiency.
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Samsung is already the unrivaled champion of smartphone sales in India, but with double its existing local manufacturing capabilities, it wants even more.
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Apple wants to sell its iPhones directly to consumers. It's working on factories with a partner firm, but it wants permission to sell cheaper phones.
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Future BlackBerry-branded smartphones sold in India, Sri Lanka, Nepal and Bangladesh will be manufactured and distributed by a company called Optiemus.
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Never one to rest on its laurels and enjoy a crushing domination of the global smartphone industry’s profits without thinking of what comes next, Apple is willing to do practically anything to tap into the immensely lucrative Indian and Chinese markets. Well, anything that doesn’t entail simply lowering iPhone prices and, consequently, their admittedly high quality bar.
At least two local research and development centers should help raise the Cupertino-based tech giant’s profile in China, while over in India, where low-cost Android handhelds continue to prevail quarter after quarter, a full-on iPhone and iPad manufacturing plant could soon open its doors and finally please Narendra Modi’s government.
Despite Tim Cook’s best efforts, the Indian PM rejected a plea for exemption to the 30 percent domestic sourcing norms for components inside products sold on a large scale around those parts, as well as a nationwide refurbished import and distribution program.
The only way to go now is the construction of an Apple factory, possibly in partnership with ODM Foxconn, though some sort of benefits and tax reductions will need to be offered in exchange for a no doubt massive investment and the creation of local jobs.
The Indian government has a so-called Modified Special Incentive Package Scheme designed especially for such collaborations, so reaching an understanding is at last right around the corner. Apple would then join a number of Android-focused rivals on board of the “Make in India” initiative, including Lenovo, Huawei, Xiaomi, Asus and OnePlus.
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The world’s third most popular handheld vendor wants to boost its presence in the world’s third largest mobile market, officially adding to an already hefty list of foreign companies permitted to manufacture their gadgets on Indian shores.That still doesn’t include Apple, while Samsung somehow manages to
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