India is a huge market for mobile phones. There are 400 mn+ smartphone users here. 1. Why should the government allow someone to come and sell old phones ? 2.

India is a huge market for mobile phones. There are 400 mn+ smartphone users here. 1. Why should the government allow someone to come and sell old phones ? 2. These phones would have lesser shelf life and once they become bricks, India would need infrastructure to recycle these. In absence of this infra, it may lead to more pollution. 3. Why doesn't APPL reduces price of their mobile phones to bring it to the level where it can compete with other players ? Samsung, Lenovo, HTC, Xiomi etc are doing very well here. They price phones competitively and some even make phones here. They do not need to sell refurbished phones. Their phones are better spec'd and have more relevant features compared to iphone. Tim cook, on his recent visit to India, admitted that iphone is indeed mispriced in India. In my view this is very good decision by the government. You must understand more about the topic at hand than putting that passive aggresive comment here