Apple is seeking to invalidate a new Indian antitrust penalty formula that allows fines to be based on a company’s global turnover rather than its local revenue. Here are the details.

Foxconn, Apple’s primary manufacturing partner, will double monthly production of newAirPods at their facility in Hyderabad, India.

Apple is lobbying for a change in the tax law inIndia as it potentially faces billions of dollars in taxes for newiPhone assembly equipment.

Some 25% of iPhones are now made in India, and the company is looking to push this percentage even higher, but there is a potential major barrier to further expansion …

For the last few months, there’s beenno lack of news involving Apple and India, from retail to production and everything in between. Now,according toBloomberg, Tim Cook’s newest bet is starting to pay off. Here are the details.

Apple is doubling its retail footprint inIndia with the imminent opening of two new stores next week, one in Bengaluru and the other in Pune.

As usual, the company is offering downloadable wallpaper to celebrate the openings, this one with a peacock theme …

A new report says thatApple will finally hit a long-held goal to reduce its dependence onChina with the launch of theiPhone 17.

Indian iPhone production has always lagged behind that of China, but all this is now changing – with import tariffs acting as an additional incentive …

Shiftingfinal assembly of Apple products like iPhone from China to India has helped Apple avoid costly tariffs in the United States. But what happens when the US imposes similar tariffs in India to those seen in China?

Most US iPhones are now made inIndia rather thanChina, as Apple rejigs its supply chain to avoid tariffs on products imported into America from China.

The strategy will certainly be of significant help toApple at present, but there are two reasons why this could prove to be only a temporary solution …

Apple is gearing up for simultaneous production of theiPhone 17 in bothChina andIndia, despite apparent attempts by the Chinese government to disrupt this.

Achieving day one assembly in India has long been a key objective for Apple’s work in reducing its dependence on China as a manufacturing hub, but has never before been achieved …

More than 300 ChineseiPhone engineers and technicians have been recalled from anIndian production plant, says a new report.

No public acknowledgement or explanation has been offered, but suspicion is falling on theChinese government, which has previously been accused of actively hampering Apple’s attempts to move more iPhone production out of the country …

Apple’s relationship with India’s Tata Group just got even more critical. Asreported byReuters, Apple has officially brought Tata on board to handle iPhone and MacBook repairs in the country. Here’s why this is big news.

Apple is set to expand its retail footprint in India by opening its third store at Bengaluru’s Phoenix Mall of Asia, asreported byBusiness Standard. The move underscores the company’s commitment to the Indian market, at a time when this growing partnership is provoking tension with President Trump.

The Trump administration yesterdayannounced punishing import tariffs on a long list of countries, including all ofApple’s key manufacturing hubs. It’s beenestimated that this would force the company to either increase US prices by 40% or see its profit slashed by 32%.

The news saw stock market slumps around the world, withAAPL stock falling more than 7% in pre-market trading on fears of the impact …

The number of Made inIndia iPhones is expected to more than double this year, asApple seeks to further reduce its dependence onChina, says a local report.

Key iPhone assemblerFoxconn is said to be conducting trials to ensure that it can ramp up volume while meetingApple’s tight quality standards at its latestiPhone plant in the country…

Apple’s plan to boostiPhone production inIndia from an estimated 15% of global production today to 25% by 2027 is being deliberately hampered by theChinese government, according to new reports.

China is reportedly using a mix of three measures to make it harder for Apple’s manufacturing partners to transfer production to India …

Apple is benefiting from a new tax break inIndia, which will make it cheaper to assembleiPhones in the country. The change was announced by the government on Saturday.

We first learned about the plans last month, which are expected to beworth at least $2.7B in benefits to companies like Apple and Samsung …

India remains Apple’s largest market opportunity after China. Growing the business in India, however, has always required a bit of compromise with the local government. In 2019, it was asmall investment of $1 billion that helped unlock iPhone exports from India. More recently, India has pressured Apple to put its government-backed app store on the iPhone.

MakingiPhones inIndia is a key element ofApple’s efforts to reduce its manufacturing dependence onChina, and a new report indicates that the company may be able to cut the cost of doing so.

The Indian government is reportedly planning to offer at least $2.7B in support for local manufacturing, which could reduce iPhone production expenses in the country …

TheChinese government forcedApple to removeVPN apps from theApp Store there way back in 2017, and the company is now having to do the same inIndia.

So far, a small number of VPN apps have been removed to comply with an anti-privacy law barring anonymous use, but many more are likely to follow …

Reuters found discriminatory job ads foriPhone workers inIndia, with recruitment leaflets stating that women applying for positions withFoxconn must be unmarried and aged 18 to 32.

The offending ads have been withdrawn following the launch of state and federal investigations into Foxconn’s hiring practices by the Indian government, but neither Foxconn norApple has yet offered any explanation for the original requirements …

Pre-orders for the iPhone 16 have already begun and the phones will hit stores on Friday, September 20.As previously reported, Apple will assemble the new iPhones in India simultaneously with China. But it turns out that Brazil is also on the list of countries where the iPhone 16 is assembled.

We’re only a few weeks away from the official announcement of the iPhone 16, and the rumors never stop. As some sources have previously reported, Apple is expected to produce the Pro models of this year’s iPhones for the first time in India, in an attempt to reduce the company’s reliance on China. And a leaked label seems to corroborate this.

Apple will this year hit a major milestone in its efforts to reduce its manufacturing dependence onChina, according to a new report today.

When theiPhone 16 line-up launches, both Pro models will be made inIndia within weeks of launch, something the company hasn’t achieved with previous models …

Two reports published byIndia’s competition regulator contained confidentialApple data, according to a complaint by the company.

Theantitrust body has now asked recipients to return the reports so that the sensitive data can be redacted in new versions …