India is a long-term strategic growth driver for Apple. Apple has enjoyed a strong growth momentum in India, driven by growing domestic manufacturing, aggressive marketing and affordability initiatives, and the success of the Apple India Online store. The premium smartphone market in India continues to grow in double digits, and is immune to the broad macro-economic pressures. Indian consumers …
Apple seeks to grow its enterprise business
Apple’s PC and laptop shipments across Indian enterprises have grown more than 50% YoY as mindshare and market share across larger enterprises, rising pool of content creators and app developers continue to rise, analysts said. Luca Maestri, Chief Financial Officer, Apple during the recent earnings calls said that in the enterprise market, our customers are …
Apple‘s India revenue nearly doubled in June quarter
India is fast turning out to be the sweet spot for American electronics giant Apple, something its global CEO Tim Cook has repeatedly acknowledged. He again reiterated its importance during the company’s annual results conference as he talked about doubling of revenues on strong sales. The India showing came even as Apple’s revenues in China, one …
On Apple’s RealityOS and potential XR Play
Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC 2022) is fast approaching. It is taking place from June 6 to 10, 2022. There have been strong rumours around Apple’s new AR/VR headset with ‘RealityOS‘ making its debut. Though these rumours have come before, it is likely that we may see some action at the WWDC 2022. This article …
How Apple, Microsoft and Google are fuelling Inclusive Tech?
There are >1.3 billion reasons to make technology accessible. Disability could be permanent, temporary or situational. The legal, ethical and moral imperatives for accessible tech has been well-known and established. It took a black swan event to put accessibility at the core of businesses. With the advancements in technology, there is significant opportunity as well …
How MAAMA performed in the latest quarter?
The quarterly results of tech companies are in. While bigshots like Alphabet, Amazon, Apple and Microsoft kept the markets buoyant, Meta lost $230Bn in value in one day. Additionally, relatively smaller companies like PayPal and Spotify had to take a bath after a double-digit percentage drop in the market value. Apple’s privacy policy has had …
Xiaomi’s Quest for the Premium Market
For Indian consumers, the smartphone is an extension of their lifestyle. Indian consumers are value conscious, aspirational and demanding. They seek the best-in-class specs, and are, for the most part, brand agnostic, especially in the entry-level premium segment. For a smartphone brand to be considered premium, it would need to deliver on the hardware as …
Apple India continues its stellar run, doubles business in last fiscal
Apple posted a double-digit revenue growth in India in the quarter ending June, and has since doubled its business in India in FY 2021 with a stellar performance. As per Apple, it generated a quarterly revenue of $83.4Bn in Q4 2021. Demand was very robust, and Apple set another quarterly record despite larger-than-expected supply constraints. …
Google Pixel 6, Pixel 6 Pro: What’s in store for Indian buyers?
Google has confirmed that Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro aren’t coming to India anytime soon. Launched on October 19, the new Pixel smartphones are only available in nine countries and sadly India is not one of them. The Google-backed smartphone, Pixel, comes with its own SoC, Tensor. The Google Pixel 6 features 6.4-inch AMOLED …
Apple logs >140% growth in Q2, iPhone 11 top performer
Apple registered more than 140 per cent growth in India in the second quarter this year, as iPhone 11 continued to perform well with a strong aspirational brand value, a report showed on Wednesday. iPhone 11 contributed over 60 per cent of the iPhone shipments during the April-June quarter in the country, according to data …