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Apple Looks to India to Stem Decline in iPhone Sales
LONDON — Amid forecasts of declining iPhone shipments, Apple is looking to India to reinvigorate sales, with plans to begin assembling its high end handsets at a Foxconn plant in Tamil Nadu in the south of the country. According to reports, Foxconn will start assembling some of the more recent iPhone X series devices at its plant in Sriperumbudur near Chennai, in southern India. Since Foxconn is currently producing the Xiaomi phones at this factory, the company is plannign a new $356 million iPhone production that will create about 25,000 jobs. Last week, Citi Research slashed its estimate for first-quarter production of iPhones by 5 million, bringing unit sales down to 45 million. It already sells the iPhone 6S and 6E in India, made by Taiwanese manufacturer Wistron in Bengaluru.
'iPhone XR from $449*': Apple ramps up iPhone sales push
according to This move happened around the launch of the iPhone XR in late October, a month after the iPhone XS and XS Max became available. Apple's website explains in fine print that "$449 reflects price of iPhone XR after trade-in of iPhone 7 Plus", which under Apple's promotional trade-in campaign offers $300 credit toward a 2018 iPhone. Apple says its cheaper iPhone XR has been the best-selling iPhone since its launch. Apple to iPhone owners: Up to $100 more for your old phone if you buy XS, XRNo discounts on the iPhone XS, but Apple will give you more for an old iPhone. The iPhone XR arrives in six color options and honestly it may be the best option for the masses.Apple Expected To Fight iPhone Christmas Problems
Even if sales of the iOS handsets are falling below Apple's expectations, there's still a lot of activations, app downloads, and software updates to process. Last year, Apple's iPhone was the leading device to be activated over the holidays, with a 44 percent share of the market. However, the iPhone 7 and iPhone 6 actually took the top two spots in terms of Apple activations, at 15.1 percent and 14.9 percent, respectively. In previous years, iPhone activations have been slow due to significant volumes. You might even want to wait until Apple fixes the 4G problems plaguing iPhone users around the world that is restricting many to wi-fi for internet connectivity in iOS 12.1.2.
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