U-Apple usefinyelele esivumelwaneni nohulumeni wezwe laseNdiya iKarnataka ukuthi aqale ukukhiqiza ama-iPhones eBangalore, kubika iphephandaba iThe Times of India. Uhulumeni waseKarnataka umemezele ukuthi usamukele isiphakamiso sika-Apple sokuthi "aqale imisebenzi yokuqala yokukhiqiza" ngokukhishwa kwabezindaba.
Isifiso sika-Apple sokuvula indawo yokukhiqiza eNdiya siqale ngemuva kokuthi uNdunankulu uNarendra Modi eqale ukuthuthukisa uhlelo lwakhe "Made in India". Umlingani wezokukhiqiza wakwa-Apple uWistron uzokwenza ama-iPhones esitshalweni esisha, okubikwa ukuthi sizoqala nge-iPhone 8 elandelayo. Ezinyangeni ezimbalwa ezedlule, izikhulu zakwa-Apple nezaseNdiya baqale ukusondela ezikhundleni ukukhulisa amathuba okukhiqiza imikhiqizo endaweni. Ngenyanga edlule, i-Apple ekugcineni yazinza esikhungweni esizinze eKarnataka ngenxa yokunikezwa okuvela kwezinye izifundazwe zaseNdiya iGujarat, Maharashtra naseTelangana. Ngesikhathi kuqhubeka izingxoxo, kwakukhulunywa ukuthi i-Apple izokhishwa ochungechungeni lwentela futhi izosizakala nangezinye izikhuthazo eziningi, kufaka phakathi nethuba lokuxolelwa umsebenzi isikhathi eside.
Uhulumeni waseNdiya uphinde wathi usezingxoxweni ne-Apple ngokunye ukusebenzisana okungenzeka, kepha wenqabile ukudalula noma yini engaba khona ngakho. Lesi sinyathelo siyisinyathelo esibalulekile ku-Apple njengoba ihlose ukuqinisa isikhundla sayo emakethe yase-Asia ukuze ikwazi ukufinyelela amakhasimende aseNdiya. Le makethe iyingxenye ebalulekile yophiko lwezomnotho e-Asia lwenkampani egaywe nguTim Cook, naye ozibona esemkhankasweni wokuthi futhi kufanele abheke amafemu uDonald Trump afuna ukuthi izinkampani zibe nawo e-United States futhi gwema unswinyo olungaba khona noma amanani akhokhayo angajwayelekile.