Apple says it will manufacture iPhone 14 in India

E-Paper | May 06, 2026

Apple Inc said on Monday it will manufacture its latest iPhone 14 in India, as the tech giant moves some of its production away from China.

The company launched the flagship iPhone 14 at an event earlier this month, where it focused on safety upgrades rather than flashy new technical specifications, with the exception of a new adventure-focused watch.

“The new iPhone 14 lineup introduces groundbreaking new technologies and important safety capabilities. We’re excited to be manufacturing iPhone 14 in India,” Apple said in a statement.

Analysts at J.P. Morgan expect Apple to move about five per cent of iPhone 14 production from late 2022 to India, which is the world’s second-biggest smartphone market after China.

Apple could make one out of four iPhones in India by 2025, JPM analysts said in a note last week.

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Bilal lahori

Sep 26, 2022 01:36pm

And our PMIK was busy in conspiracy theories

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Justice

Sep 26, 2022 01:41pm

China and India each have populations of over 1 billion so it makes sense why they would open another manufacturing line there.

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Ghajnavi

Sep 26, 2022 01:42pm

Time to boycott iPhone. Human right issues in neighbouring country against minorities must be raised

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Jwala

Sep 26, 2022 01:48pm

And the neighbours can’t make their own food themselves..

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Ahson

Sep 26, 2022 01:57pm

why not in Pakistan!! we have cheap and trained labors who can do much better job than Indians.

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Ashwin

Sep 26, 2022 01:58pm

And Pakistanis will not buy it. Instead they will protest against it.

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Tajammal

Sep 26, 2022 02:03pm

will Indians can buy this costly iPhone?

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Hani_Layyah

Sep 26, 2022 02:08pm

congrates to bhagats

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Pakwada

Sep 26, 2022 02:10pm

Well iphone-14 in India and then after few years later iphone 15 and 16 in Pakistan. There is nothing to be proud of this for Indians or even Pakistanis. The core research happens in America. So, unless we do the same kind of research, chest thumping has no values.

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Sher Khan

Sep 26, 2022 02:25pm

@Bilal lahori, Ik already brought Amazon and was talking to IPhone people too, but what we did with Amazon, if you don't know, find out what happened?

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M. Emad

Sep 26, 2022 02:29pm

@Jwala, 900 million in India live below poverty line

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M. Emad

Sep 26, 2022 02:30pm

@Bilal lahori, What does this have to do with governments? Article literally states its a huge market due to its population. This isn't a government achievement

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DolandTrumf

Sep 26, 2022 02:38pm

I will skip the iPhone 14 upgrade. Not because it’s India but because it’s going to be poor quality then rest of the iPhone models not manufactured in India.

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Fastrack

Sep 26, 2022 02:43pm

India is rising and shining

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Zak

Sep 26, 2022 02:46pm

Both Bangladesh and India are doing good economically. The exports are rising, people are getting employment and global companies are investing.

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Zak

Sep 26, 2022 03:04pm

Apple Inc said on Monday it will manufacture its latest iPhone 14 in India, as the tech giant moves some of its production away from China. Sales will drop 90% due to substandard quality.

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Zak

Sep 26, 2022 03:06pm

@Bilal lahori, And our PMIK was busy in conspiracy theories IK tells the truth unlike other illiterate chaiwalla type PMs

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Opson

Sep 26, 2022 03:09pm

The world is made in China even the glue used to put cell phones together has to be chemically processed in China. China has learned from Apple and make their own brands majority of them are sold in India too. China makes more money from high tech products than any nation on this planet. Great China keep up the good work. Look around everything is made in China even made in Vietnam means China.

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Zak

Sep 26, 2022 03:12pm

@Justice, China and India each have populations of over 1 billion so it makes sense why they would open another manufacturing line there. Difference, China richest country in the world, India poorest in the world.

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Syed Hasni

Sep 26, 2022 03:14pm

India is Shinning with the new iPhone and will be using the old ones in PTI Jalsa's! Keep it up Imran.

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Dr. Salaria, Aamir Ahmad

Sep 26, 2022 03:20pm

Joke of the century.

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mujtaba

Sep 26, 2022 03:28pm

more power to india

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Simba

Sep 26, 2022 03:41pm

@Hani_Layyah, envy causes mental health issues.

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Salah uddin

Sep 26, 2022 03:43pm

There will be quality difference between 14 and all the previous ones.

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Simba

Sep 26, 2022 03:43pm

@M. Emad, envy skews facts.

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I,me,myself

Sep 26, 2022 03:43pm

@DolandTrumf, please don't use. iPhone is advanced phone and your inability to understand technology is well recognized.

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Simba

Sep 26, 2022 03:44pm

@Zak, envy causes distortion.

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nazim

Sep 26, 2022 03:45pm

@Bilal lahori, It's not since IK was PM, Paae eating Lahori PM is 50% responsible sorry state of affairs. Rest lies with PP and others.

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Simba

Sep 26, 2022 03:46pm

@Opson, China bias causes huge unserviceable debts.

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Alige

Sep 26, 2022 04:03pm

Do I smell jealousy

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Gulam ali

Sep 26, 2022 04:07pm

@Justice, to make iphone, talent is required not the head count. Millions of people are not required. Nothing here is related to the population but talent.

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Gulam ali

Sep 26, 2022 04:07pm

@Ahson, which world are you from?

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Gulam ali

Sep 26, 2022 04:10pm

@Pakwada, 15 and 16 in Pakistan.. dream on

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Dragden

Sep 26, 2022 04:10pm

RIP iPhone

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Gulam ali

Sep 26, 2022 04:12pm

@DolandTrumf, the manufacturer know all this batter then you.. ever heard a term Quality check. If not go google it.

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Gulam ali

Sep 26, 2022 04:14pm

@Zak, first thing .. you cannot buy iphone as it is costly. Second.. google the term quality check by any manufacturer in the world.

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Insaaf (Canada)

Sep 26, 2022 04:22pm

@Dr. Salaria, Aamir Ahmad, You reap what you sow.

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Dr. Master Baitor.

Sep 26, 2022 04:23pm

Pakistanis to boycott iphone.

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Sunil

Sep 26, 2022 04:24pm

@Ghajnavi, no point boycotting something you can’t afford. Sour grapes!

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Twisted

Sep 26, 2022 04:36pm

Goodbye quality, see you never again.

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Mahatma Modi

Sep 26, 2022 04:36pm

@M. Emad, And the remaining 500 million who are above it are larger than the combined population of Pakistan & Bangladesh. My point being that India has size and scale advantage and will keep reaping the benefits from the size.

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Gaurav Shukla

Sep 26, 2022 04:38pm

@Ghajnavi, could you even afford it ?

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Sep 26, 2022 04:39pm

@Ghajnavi, agree…my mind exactly.

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De de duwa milegi

Sep 26, 2022 04:39pm

@Ghajnavi, you are using a Motorola or Nokia so it actually doesn't matter.

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De de duwa milegi

Sep 26, 2022 04:40pm

@Ahson, they will convert i phone into a IED, that could possibly be a reason.

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Jalal

Sep 26, 2022 04:41pm

@M. Emad, wonder where that poverty line is according to your wisdom . According to imf data can be accessed in one google search extreme poverty in india is less than 1% , less than 10% can be considered poor. In percentile terms Bangladesh has 7.2 % extreme poverty and 22% poor and Pakistan has 12.5 %extreme poverty and more than 40% poor .This data is from late 2021 and some countries have improved further and others detiorated further .

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Multani

Sep 26, 2022 04:43pm

China was producing world class phones, how can India with 75% living under poverty line even come close, do they have technology and technical skill, I think highly skilled Chinese workers will be working there too. Anyway I wiling not buy apple 14 as its quality will drop a lot.

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Human

Sep 26, 2022 04:44pm

We reject it, FO rejects it, IK rejects it and The Establishment rejects it.

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Texas Tariq

Sep 26, 2022 04:50pm

It will have a built in scammer feature. Quality will be down the drain. Good luck world.

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ShadowLugia

Sep 26, 2022 04:50pm

@Tajammal, yes they can, but not sure about you with your junk currency.

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aditya

Sep 26, 2022 04:53pm

@Dr. Salaria, Aamir Ahmad, keep laughing at jokes while going down the tube.

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aditya

Sep 26, 2022 04:54pm

@Zak, the illiterate chaiwallah is sitting on 500 b forex and 100 s of Billions of defence and trade deals with us uk eu japan and australia..ik is looking at warrants hiding in his mansion.

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Dhananjay Bhavsar

Sep 26, 2022 04:57pm

@Pakwada, india makes smart phones better and cheaper than china and will capture world market soon.

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rns

Sep 26, 2022 04:58pm

This trickle will soon become a flood as political tensions heat up between the World's No 1 and No 2 economies. It will benifit the emerging economies of India Vietnam and Indonesia.

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Adil Aslam

Sep 26, 2022 04:59pm

Will the Pakistan management be jealous

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rns

Sep 26, 2022 04:59pm

@Ahson, you mean labourers

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Sanatan

Sep 26, 2022 05:00pm

@Ghajnavi, It has been raised thousand times. No one believes Pakistan

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Abbotabadi

Sep 26, 2022 05:05pm

@Ahson, Please note its a high tech.industry which Pakistan hasn't got.

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Ahmed

Sep 26, 2022 05:09pm

@Fastrack, why not manufacture in Pakistan?

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Abbotabadi

Sep 26, 2022 05:11pm

@M. Emad, Please learn to read a little bit more rather than just making unfounded remarks. Have seen the state of poor Pakistanis on uK TV and feel sorry for them while the ruling classes are living in luxury.

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Abbotabadi

Sep 26, 2022 05:14pm

@Opson, I wonder why China has not invested in Pakistan?

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Multani

Sep 26, 2022 05:16pm

We must develop tech hubs along with China and provide alternate sites for companies wishing to leave China.

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Skeptic

Sep 26, 2022 05:17pm

@Bilal lahori, FYI, such investment decisions about licensing, opening up local manufacturing plans, or even subcontract to local assembling facilities, equip and train the workers and provide adequate supplies, parts and facilities for packaging and distribution are taken after long deliberations and research. You cannot even assume that Apple decided to go to India, with their most popular product just in the last few months, while IK in Pakistan was busy juggling false cases against him.

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Observer

Sep 26, 2022 05:20pm

Welcome step. It is good for Apple and good for India.

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Mansoor Khan

Sep 26, 2022 05:27pm

Good for India. Pakistan is busy in welcoming criminals back home to run the government.

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Babban

Sep 26, 2022 05:31pm

@Dr. Salaria, Aamir Ahmad, Joker of the century

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Skeptic 2

Sep 26, 2022 05:44pm

@Ahson, joke of the century.

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Sep 26, 2022 05:45pm

Why not Pakistan. Pakistan must take this to uno court.

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Skeptic 2

Sep 26, 2022 05:47pm

@Pakwada, Sour grapes

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Asgar khan

Sep 26, 2022 05:59pm

@Salah uddin, but it will be better than Chinas poorest quality never buy Chinese products you always loose money

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G. Din

Sep 26, 2022 05:59pm

@Salah uddin, "There will be quality difference between 14 and all the previous ones." You are right. It will surpass others.

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Ahmad

Sep 26, 2022 06:02pm

Not only iPhone, Foxconn setting up semiconductor manufacturing in Gujarat

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andy

Sep 26, 2022 06:45pm

Haters, keep crying

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Agrippa-the Skeptic

Sep 26, 2022 06:48pm

@Multani, … and then the 15, the 16, the 17…. India is going to be a major supplier of WW requirement of iPhones. Perhaps you just can’t afford them?

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SivaD

Sep 26, 2022 06:55pm

@Ahson, cheap may be but trained, I highly doubt it.

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Juist Saying

Sep 26, 2022 06:57pm

25% of all the iPhones (and watches and iPads) to be manufactured in India by 2025 - now that is something.

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SivaD

Sep 26, 2022 07:00pm

@Pakwada, Not true. According to one estimate, 35% of Apple R&D personnel is Indian.

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S. Nasheed Ahmed

Sep 26, 2022 07:00pm

PPP will never allow a High Tech industry to be set up in Pakistan, especially in Sindh, in competition with India. They have a nexus with India.

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S. Nasheed Ahmed

Sep 26, 2022 07:03pm

If the good gentleman had continued in office, or his policies, such or a similar factory could have been set up in Pakistan by now. Unfortunately, everything cannot be published.

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S. Nasheed Ahmed

Sep 26, 2022 07:06pm

I lament that one High Tech factory was demolished with axes & hammers soon after the advent of Democracy in 2008.

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Agrippa-the Skeptic

Sep 26, 2022 07:17pm

@De de duwa milegi, Samsung’s WW biggest phone factory is in NOIDA, India.

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Masood Khan

Sep 26, 2022 07:37pm

It will be an assembly plant importing 87% parts from China, Malaysia and Vietnam. It is just to capture the B+ market and keep the Indians happy. In the world market every buyer will read the fine line and walk away from the models displaying "Made with Indian Components".

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Jay

Sep 26, 2022 07:41pm

@Texas Tariq, grapes are sour !!

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Taj Ahmad

Sep 26, 2022 07:43pm

India is a big market with over a billion people, Apple let’s go for it.

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dAANISH

Sep 26, 2022 07:47pm

No more iPhone with cheap labor and bugged phones

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Gokboru

Sep 26, 2022 07:47pm

Iphones have been going downhill in quality, now they will hit rock bottom. I will stick to huawei.

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Tahmad

Sep 26, 2022 07:50pm

@Pakwada, One day IPhone will be size of small TV, It’s better if they make small size flips over iPhone again, it’s easy to keep in pocket.

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Asif Choudry

Sep 26, 2022 07:57pm

Where is our FO when we need it the most. We really need them to make a strong statement against this. I am certain Apple will immediately cease plans once they hear from our FO!

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EEsan

Sep 26, 2022 07:59pm

@Multani, For that, you will have to first develop talented engineers, scientists and technicians. That will require 'correctly' teaching advance mathematics and science your kids in primary schools and high schools. If you start now, then it will take another 30 years before those kids are properly trained to pull-off iPhone level of manufacturing and development. Go..and start!!

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EEsan

Sep 26, 2022 08:01pm

@Multani, High hopes...it is not going to happen. Find something else to do.

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EEsan

Sep 26, 2022 08:05pm

@Texas Tariq, Are you naiive enough to believe that a company like Apple, will decide to manufacture their top of the line iPhone in India if they were worried about the quality? The manufacturing will be strictly follow Apple's quality requirements, and Apple knows India will provide that quality. Your statements are purely out of jealousy towards India and nothing more. Please become educated and you will see things differently.

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EEsan

Sep 26, 2022 08:09pm

@Multani, "China was producing world class phones, how can India with 75% living under poverty line even come close, do they have technology and technical skill, I think highly skilled Chinese workers will be working there too. Anyway I wiling not buy apple 14 as its quality will drop a lot" If you become educated and do some research (if you know what 'researching' means), then you will get answers to your questions. Go for it.

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THQ

Sep 26, 2022 08:31pm

A significant drop in iphone quality.

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Zia

Sep 26, 2022 08:35pm

@Ghajnavi, Then we should boycott everything made in China. What about Human rights violations in Xinjiang, China.

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NothingButTruth

Sep 26, 2022 08:55pm

Feel so sorry for people thinking and talking small. Technology will change the world we know in the next 50 years...just like the industrial revolution did for Europe, USA, Japan and then China. Countries like India and Pakistan could not be part of that industrial revolution but India is one of the key players in Tech revolution which is happening as we speak. Don't let the petty things distract you, be a part of tech revolution which will redefine what life in this century.

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M. Saeed

Sep 26, 2022 09:04pm

Where is Make in India invitation to the world now? Is it not China that makes almost everything for the world?

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Singh

Sep 26, 2022 09:11pm

@Tajammal, India is one of the largest market for IPhone

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Someone

Sep 26, 2022 09:13pm

@Multani, your statement doesn’t not make any sense, why would China facilitate a company leaving China?

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Someone

Sep 26, 2022 09:16pm

@Human, still India got it.

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Someone

Sep 26, 2022 09:18pm

@Dr. Master Baitor., ooh, apple must be shaking in their boots.

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Kbm

Sep 26, 2022 09:40pm

@Ghajnavi, Both Bangladesh and India are doing good economically. The exports are rising, people are getting employment and global companies are investing.

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Simba

Sep 26, 2022 09:41pm

@Ghajnavi, face it you cannot afford the newest iphone.

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Kbm

Sep 26, 2022 09:42pm

@Zak, Both Bangladesh and India are doing good economically. The exports are rising, people are getting employment and global companies are investing.

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Sep 26, 2022 09:46pm

@Ghajnavi, Please do. any way you can't afford it.

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Sep 26, 2022 09:49pm

@Tajammal, "will Indians can buy this costly iPhone?" Please learn to phrase the question first.

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Dr Atam Vetta

Sep 26, 2022 10:09pm

@Ahson, yes, Pakistan has cheap labour but it is not properly educated to assemble complicated scientific tools.

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Observer

Sep 26, 2022 10:09pm

A nuclear power country that cannot make a lakh or two tents and can’t grow enough potatoes and tomatoes should not be concerned about technology.

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Dr Atam Vetta

Sep 26, 2022 10:17pm

@M. Emad, please inform yourself about India's progress. you lose credibility by making such statements. Indian and ex-pat Indians are making worthy contributions in many scientific fields. North Indians & Pakistanis have the same gene pool. The only reason why Pakistanis are not making much contribution in science is the poor quality of university education in Pakistan.

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Sep 27, 2022 12:34am

@Zak, "Sales will drop 90% due to substandard quality." You wish... So you are smarter than Apple... right?

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Sep 27, 2022 12:38am

@Sunil, "@Ghajnavi, no point boycotting something you can’t afford. Sour grapes!" I would say, it is easy to boycott things that you can't afford. Sour grapes, nevertheless!

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Alla Bux

Sep 27, 2022 02:24am

How about Pakistan making Google phones at least?

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Alla Bux

Sep 27, 2022 02:28am

@Pakwada, Actually, core research as you call it happens in Bangalore, Hyderabad (Indian nor ours) or Pune too. But then you probably use OLD internet (when we do not have black outs that is) and so you never heard of it. Wake up man.

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Alla Bux

Sep 27, 2022 02:30am

@M. Emad, 900 million? No it is 1.6 billion including 160 million Bangladeshis who scrounge of the Indians.

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Nemesis

Sep 27, 2022 04:36am

@Ghajnavi, you need to afford it first before you can boycott it..lol

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Wuhan vrs

Sep 27, 2022 05:51am

@Ghajnavi, as an average Pakistani you cannt even afford an iPhone 6. Forget about 14. Sour grapes