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You are forgetting India is a land of 1.3 billion people. There are at least 50 - 100 million people who are willing to spend more than 500$ on a phone. That's
by tiuPapa 7y ago
You are forgetting India is a land of 1.3 billion people. There are at least 50 - 100 million people who are willing to spend more than 500$ on a phone. That's a big enough market for Apple to consider.
- vijaybritto 7y agoNo. The sale of 500$+ phones in only in a few million.
- tiuPapa 7y agoYep, but it's growing. The premium segment(above 500$) is the fastest growing segment of the market. And even the segment just below it (300$ - 500$) is a chunky portion of the market who are all potential customers for the premium segment.
- robocat 7y ago1.3 billion people, 2% own an iPhone (according to another comment here), equals 25 million iDevices in India...
- sumedh 7y ago> The sale of 500$+ phones in only in a few million. Its not about market size today, you have to look into the future as well.
- vijaybritto 7y agoIn the future apple's phones would be 1500 plus. They are already making loss. Apple's positioning in India is as a 'premium' brand. It's price is so high that even IT employees buy in EMI. Meanwhile Chinese android phones haves 95% of the quality at 1/5th the price. There is no market fit