As we knew that Apple has settled its plants for assembling parts of the iPhones in India. Now finally, Apple has started selling its popular iPhone XR phones assembled in India.
Apple is eyeing to expand its share in the world’s second-largest smartphone market where it has struggled against cheaper products from rivals.
Right now the phones are being assembled at Taipei-based contract manufacturer Foxconn’s India factory.
Foxconn is helping the Cupertino, California-based company to meet the local sourcing norms for opening its own retail stores in India.
iPhone XR boxes with an “Assembled in India” tag were seen on Monday in many of the country’s electronic product retailers, including Croma, with a price tag of Rs. 49,900 for the 64 GB version.
On the verge of the competition the company has slashed iPhone XR prices in India to counter a prolonged sales slowdown amid fierce competition from premium smartphones from Samsung and OnePlus.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government has tried to position South Asia’s third-biggest economy as a hub for smartphone manufacturing. Companies such as Apple are also looking to use India as an export hub to soften the impact of an ongoing trade war between the United States and China.