Apple registered a large 48 per cent progress in iPhone shipments in India within the calendar yr 2021, and was heading in the right direction to log a file 4.4 per cent market share for the total yr, new information confirmed on Monday.
Apple shipped a file 5.4 million iPhones to India in all the yr, and a pair of.2 million within the festive quarter (This fall) alone, in accordance with Gurugram-based market analysis agency CMR.
On the quarterly foundation, the Cupertino-based big registered 34 per cent progress within the October-December interval.
“Apple simply had its greatest yr in India, transport greater than 5 million iPhones, and on monitor to notch a historic 4.4 per cent market share in a relatively hyper-competitive smartphone market,” Prabhu Ram, Head-Business Intelligence Group, CMR, instructed IANS.
By means of the course of the yr, Apple continued to register market positive aspects on the again of elevated share of home manufacturing, aggressive retail initiatives, and sturdy shopper demand by the all-important festive Deepavali sale.
“The important thing to Apple’s market efficiency is in the truth that it was in a position to handle and diversify its provide chains by the pandemic. In India, as an example, Apple is working with a number of ODMs to supply its flagship iPhone fashions,” Ram added.
The iPhone 12 (with 40 per cent market share) was probably the most sought-after mannequin in This fall in India, adopted by iPhone 11, SE (2020), iPhone 13 and iPhone 13 Professional Max fashions.
Within the July-September interval (Q3), Apple had shipped over 1.53 million iPhone items within the nation.
“With the potential launch of iPhone SE 2022 version within the first half of 2022, and elevated accessibility and affordability on its older-generation iPhones, Apple might be well-placed to turbocharge its India progress story,” Ram famous.
Using on the stellar efficiency of iPhone 11 and XR, Apple had for the primary time doubled its smartphone market share in India to just about 4 per cent within the festive quarter of 2020.
Apple has now began assembling its new flagship iPhone 13 in India, because the tech big prepares to fabricate/assemble its top-of-the-line smartphones within the nation.
iPhone 13 is being assembled on trial foundation on the Foxconn plant in Chennai, and might be obtainable within the home market, in addition to for exports from the nation by early subsequent yr.
Apple is reportedly ramping up manufacturing of iPhones, iPads, Macs, and different gadgets in India and Vietnam to finish its dependence on China.
The tech big is already assembling its highest-selling fashions iPhone 12, iPhone 11 and XR in India, together with iPhone SE, 7 and 6S.
Apple began manufacturing iPhones in India in 2017 with iPhone SE.
–IANS
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