Apple maintained double-digit growth in India, mirroring the company’s strong results in other emerging markets like Mexico, Brazil, and the Middle East. Apple India’s revenue rose 36% to Rs 67,122 crore ($8 billion) in FY24 compared to the year-ago period. Its net profit rose 23% to Rs 2,746 crore during the same time, Tofler data … Read more
Foxconn, a major global electronics contract manufacturer, has received offers from multiple states in India to establish large-scale industrial facilities. Telangana has proposed providing 2,000 acres for a ‘Foxconn City’, similar to the company’s existing sites in Taiwan and China, according to Duddilla Sridhar Babu, the state’s IT and industries minister. Additionally, sources told ET … Read more
Apple Inc is poised to report a 35 per cent year-on-year surge in its India revenue at nearly Rs 67,000 crore (a little over $8 billion) for 2023-24, according to people in the know. The official financial filing is anticipated to be submitted by September-October to the Registrar of Companies (RoC) by the Cupertino-based tech … Read more
In 2020, Jio had partnered with Google to develop an ultra-affordable Android-based smartphone to address the mass Indian market that couldn’t shift to smartphone ecosystem due to the unaffordability. The result JioPhone next that was finally launched last year albeit at a higher price then what was planned initially. Result – muted response and hence … Read more
In an ambitious manufacturing move in India, the Tata Group has started making the Apple iPhone within the country as it seeks to acquire the Narasapura factory, outside Bengaluru, of Taiwanese giant Wistron, multiple sources have told TOI. The move comes within weeks of Apple CEO Tim Cook having a detailed meeting with Tata Sons … Read more
In a bid to diversify production away from China, Apple partner and Taiwanese multinational electronics contract manufacturer Foxconn on Monday acquired 1.2 million square metre or 13 million square foot land in the Devanahalli area near the Bengaluru airport in Karnataka, reported Focus Taiwan, the national news agency of the Republic of China. Foxconn subsidiary … Read more
Apple outshines all of Berkshire Hathaway’s businesses, Warren Buffett says. The Berkshire CEO emphasized the immense value Apple’s customers place on their devices. Buffett touted the fact that Berkshire’s Apple stake grows as the tech titan buys back stock. Apple outclasses every single one of Berkshire Hathaway‘s subsidiaries, Warren Buffett says. “It just happens to … Read more
Apple is reorganising the management of its international businesses to give more focus on India, which has become an important market for the company. This marks the first time that India will be its own sales region at Apple, highlighting the nation’s growing significance. According to Bloomberg sources, the shift is happening after the retirement … Read more
Apple Inc.’s walled garden around its technology is as synonymous with the iPhone maker as the iPhone itself. It is how Apple lures consumers into buying expensive earphones, watches and speakers that work seamlessly with that rectangular slab in their pockets, and ultimately what locks people in to Apple products. That has been great … Read more