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Apple says it will manufacture iPhone 14 in India

Reuters Published September 26, 2022
The iPhone 14, iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max are displayed at the Apple Fifth Avenue store, in Manhattan, New York City. — Reuters/File
The iPhone 14, iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max are displayed at the Apple Fifth Avenue store, in Manhattan, New York City. — Reuters/File
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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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AJ
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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Om
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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J
Sep 26, 2022 09:46pm
@Ghajnavi, Please do. any way you can't afford it.
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J
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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KJ
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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KJ
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
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JUggernaut
Sep 27, 2022 05:57am
@Pakwada, Many Engineers at Apple USA are from India. You only need to look at linkedin profiles.
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