BlackBerry did it, bringing various editions for various regions. May be you are on to something here. Color me impressed!
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Apple to Begin iPhone 6, 6s, and SE Manufacturing in India Over Next Few Months
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BlackBerry did it, bringing various editions for various regions. May be you are on to something here. Color me impressed!
You underestimate the number of people around the world who do not earn a lot and buy an iPhone anyway, usually as part of a mobile contract.
Thats the problem though. Mobile contracts are not common in India as elsewhere. You have to pay the amount up front many times which makes it even more difficult to justify the purchase.
People in India love iPhones, i went for a cousins wedding 2 years ago, i couldn't believe the craze for iPhones there, my cousin who makes a $100 dollars a month could afford it on a payment plan, i don't see why others couldn't if they really wanted it, plus i was thinking maybe apple makes a different firmware for these iPhones with the new iOS that doesn't make it seem the phone is obsolete
That's an interesting way of looking at it. And a cheaper option is something likely appreciated more because it's affordable versus having the option of a device that's to expensive and out of reach for the middle class.
@Sunnysunnysingh. Being your from India, What are your thoughts on a cheaper iPhone in India and how do you feel it would apply to middle the class?
Sorry to be blunt. But if you buy an iPhone when you make $100 per month (even if it is on a payment plan), its not called being able to afford an iPhone. Its called being bad with your finances. Unless maybe he is a bachelor and lives with his parents and has no expenses to be worried about.
India does not have any such rule. The rule is, if you want to start a single-brand retail store in India, you need to source at least 30% of your material from India. Manufacturing in India is more to do with the long term strategy of Apple to create a big marketplace in the future keeping in mind the growing Indian middle class.
Sure there is one great example the other not really. iPad 2 runs fine on iOS 9, one core i4 is and was underpowered.
What about the latest models??I will be more interested in buying the latest iPhone 8 not the old, and if the price is really lower than where i live
, and for the middle class people in India I think there are still so many Chines companies which gives more bang for the buck (ex - xiaomi,gionee, oppo,vivo etc) My relatives living in India (or the people i know) every one owns cheap android phones. and no body is willing to buy a iPhone at even 20k price tag
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While I do agree with you, $100 a month in India wouldn't be as bad as it would be elsewhere. The cost of living is much cheaper, and $100 can get you much more in India, than it could in the US for example.
But, even with the cheaper cost of living, @ $100 a month, you would have to save many months income just for a phone.
This reminds me of that scene from Eurotrip:
It's sad to say this but my year old iPad mini 4 does the same. I should probably get an ad blocker but on my iPhone, sometimes ad blockers meant pages wouldn't load at all on some tech news sites. Any blog site with discus as the forum or comments interface really bogs my iPad down. Android Central is a real pain to read...everyone there complains about it and they are on a variety of devices. I think it's the way some of these sites construct their pages.
The typing lag happened to me a long time ago on my old full sized iPad. I forget which generation that was. I got rid of the lag by scratching my iPad and reinstalling everything as new. There was a corruption somewhere I guess.
That is sad.
This could be the issue, and maybe I might give a reinstalling a try, but the forum is full of posts about iOS 10 issues on the iPad Mini 2. A lot of other people reporting the same thing.
I just think that iOS 10 uses more RAM resources, or manages RAM badly on the iPad Mini 2, or a combo of the two.
Yeah, Apple just lets their devices communicate the need to upgrade at least a couple of years before support is cut.
haha yeah thats exactly what it is, i didn't personally see why he needed a phone that was his 9 months his salary.
Yeah, I wouldn't be surprised if Apple dropped support for devices with only 1GB of RAM next year, dropping both the 5s and 6 at the same time.
Riiiiiiiiiiiiight.
Slice it anyway you want, Apple has to pay to play.
That is what I was speaking to, maybe governments should make it a requirement of businesses to invest in their country if the company wants to sell its goods and services there.
Cook stated America lacks sufficient skilled machinists to operate an Apple manufacturing facility.
But India does?
But India does?
Sure you can , cause the arguenent is based on form factor.
When I sold my 6 plus and used my 5S, it was a great experience. Given the current pricing my next phone is a 128 SE, I'm through paying £1000+ for a phone when the SE is an excellent phone and feels so much better in hand