Things Are Going From Bad To Worse For Apple In India (qz.com)

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Quartz: Despite its increased focus on India, Apple is all set to see a slower year-on-year growth in iPhone sales in the country in 2018. "iPhone India sales were weak in the first half of 2018, and even if they show a big jump in the traditionally strong second half, Apple will still fall short of last year," Neil Shah, research director at market analytics firm Counterpoint Research, told Bloomberg. Apple has been struggling in India for some time now. In the year ended March 2017, its revenue growth fell to 17%, compared to 53% a year ago. This six-year-low growth was mainly due to a high base and a drop in the average selling price of each phone. Apple's biggest struggle in India has been its high price points. iPhones cost between Rs35,000 ($500) and Rs80,000 ($1,100) in India, compared to the average smartphone price of $157 in the country.

Amid all this, the company is seeing a massive churn in its India leadership. Last December, India head Sanjay Kaul quit after a six-year stint. The company has now reportedly lost three more of its top executives, Bloomberg reported on July 15: national sales and distribution chief, Rahul Jain; head of commercial channels Jayant Gupta, and head of telecom carrier sales, Manish Sharma. The company is also overhauling its India sales team, Bloomberg said, quoting unidentified sources.

Comments

I bet if they make a low end phone

[cdsparrow]

They may have a bit better chance of penetrating a lower income market... Iphones are fairly expensive in a country like the US, completely stupid expensive for a country like India.

Re:I bet if they make a low end phone

[110010001000]

Yeah, they only made 17% more than they did a year ago in India. Is everyone insane? 17% growth is good.

Re:I bet if they make a low end phone

[110010001000]

No it isn't. You are selling $800-$1000 devices in a market where the per-capita yearly income is $616! And you are selling 17% more than the previous year, and the previous year you were selling 53% more than the year before! Eventually you run out of people who have $800-$1000 to spend on a device.

A bit off topic!

[Gravis Zero]

Not only did he call a guy who rescued kids a "pedo"

Indeed, he proved that is vulnerable to human emotion and misdirected his frustrations onto someone else. I understand it but that doesn't mean it's ok. A price will be paid for his words.

he also turns out to be one of the biggest contributors to Republican PAC's

I think you a missing the bigger picture.
Forbes:

There’s no doubt that Musk’s commitment to climate change is a life-long dedication: he has declared himself politically independent and announced comparative contributions to PACs aligned to the Democrats. His donation says more about the pernicious role of private money in the U.S. political system but it also shows the pragmatism of a man desperately striving for progress in a complex environment over someone who is a staunch ideologue.

Re: A bit off topic!

[David_Hart]

And calling someone a pedophile is not "human emotion" and "frustration". It is disgusting behavior/quote> That depends entirely on why Musk blurted that out, which we'll likely never know... but rest assured he had a reason (bear in mind that extremely influential people are often extremely connected people... and in this day and age, there fewer and fewer secrets).

No, just no... Unless Musk provides proof of what he said is true, it's slander and disgusting. Assuming that Musk knows more than he is saying is pure speculation and being an apologist for someone who is acting like a bully.

Re:What did they expect?

[Anonymous Coward]

India has some of the poorest people. They also have a middle class that is larger than the entire US population.