U-Apple utyale imali kakhulu e-India kangangeminyaka eliqela, hayi ukuvula iivenkile zayo kuphela (ezingacwangciswanga ukuba zivulwe de kube ngu-2022 kwangoko), kodwa nakwi ukuhambisa imveliso evela China, nangona okwangoku kuphela kweli lizwe iimodeli ezindala ezinje nge-iPhone 11 kunye nemodeli yokungena kuluhlu lwe-iPhone kunye ne-iPhone SE.
Enkosi kwezi ntshukumo, inkampani esekwe eCupertino iphumelele yonyuse isabelo sayo sentengiso kwilizwe. Kwi-2017, i-Apple ithengiswe e-India kuphela yi-5% yazo zonke ii-iPhones eziyivelisileyo elizweni, inani elonyuke laya kwi-70% ngo-2021.
U-Apple uqale ukuvelisa eIndiya ukuhlangabezana neemfuno zasekuhlaleni kunye nokuthunyelwa kwelinye ilizwe kumazwe aselumelwaneni. Nangona kunjalo, namhlanje, uninzi lwee-iPhones ezenziwe kwilizwe, zihlala elizweni. Kwiminyaka embalwa edlulileyo, i-Indiya yashiywa nge-30% yemveliso, inani eliye lenyuka laya kwi-70%.
I-iPhone ihlala malunga I-15% yentengiso ye-smartphone ephezulu eIndiya, Apho iXiaomi, Oppo kunye ne-Samsung zibeka kwinqanaba eliphezulu. Ngombulelo koku kunyuka kwemfuno, ngokutsho kwabahlalutyi abohlukeneyo, ingeniso ye-Apple e-India izakusuka kwi-2.000 yezigidigidi ngo-2020 iye kwi-3.000 yezigidigidi ngo-2021 kulo nyaka.
I-Apple izama ukufikelela kwizivumelwano ukuze ikwazi ukufumana izinto eziyimfuneko ekwenziweni koluhlu lwe-iPhone ngokuthe ngqo ababoneleli abavela elizweni endaweni yokubangenisa besuka e-China kwaye uyathetha noTata Electronics, inkampani entsha kwiqela leTata, eyaziwa ngezithuthi zayo ezingekho ezindleleni.
Okwangoku, ukwenziwa kweemodeli ezintsha isagcinelwe iChina. Nje ukuba i-iPhone 13 ikhutshwe, kusenokwenzeka ukuba imigca yemveliso yaseIndiya iya kutshintshela ekwenzeni i-iPhone 12.