3 ms·

I'm as surprised as you are that a giant like Apple doesn't just tell them "go ahead, ban iPhones, see how popular they'll become" to someone as powerless as th

I'm as surprised as you are that a giant like Apple doesn't just tell them "go ahead, ban iPhones, see how popular they'll become" to someone as powerless as the government of India. It would be a huge free publicity campaign for them in the rest of the world while the public in India would either put pressure on their government or buy iPhones via import websites. For additional fun, strike a deal with the #2 non government owned carrier in whichever country you do this to. Offer the iPhone at a special rate for a few months. They would kill the government telco while selling record numbers of phones with free publicity. And at the same time scare any other government into not trying this kind of stunt with Apple ever again.

gremloni 5y ago
“Powerless” is not how I would refer to the Indian government.
FridayoLeary 5y ago
Too political. It would just scare consumers away.
FabHK 5y ago
How much fun would that be for customers if India then decided to confiscate every iPhone it encounters within India (maybe excepting tourists, but maybe not)?
danudey 5y ago
I wonder how Apple's shareholders would react if the company threw away a market that was worth $1.8bn in revenue in 2020. Then there's China; 17% of Apple's global revenue, $43.7bn. I don't think shareholders would much appreciate that. > the public in India would either put pressure on their government or buy iPhones via import websites The iPhone had 2.97% market share in India in April 2021, down from a high of 3.54% in June 2020. I don't think the people who wanted to buy iPhones but couldn't would be able toput any significant amount of political pressure on politicians. Rich people would just import them from somewhere else like they always have before, and everyone else would switch to some available Android phone that had the modifications that the government wanted.

gremloni 5y ago

“Powerless” is not how I would refer to the Indian government.

FridayoLeary 5y ago

Too political. It would just scare consumers away.

FabHK 5y ago

How much fun would that be for customers if India then decided to confiscate every iPhone it encounters within India (maybe excepting tourists, but maybe not)?

danudey 5y ago

I wonder how Apple's shareholders would react if the company threw away a market that was worth $1.8bn in revenue in 2020. Then there's China; 17% of Apple's global revenue, $43.7bn. I don't think shareholders would much appreciate that. > the public in India would either put pressure on their government or buy iPhones via import websites The iPhone had 2.97% market share in India in April 2021, down from a high of 3.54% in June 2020. I don't think the people who wanted to buy iPhones but couldn't would be able toput any significant amount of political pressure on politicians. Rich people would just import them from somewhere else like they always have before, and everyone else would switch to some available Android phone that had the modifications that the government wanted.