Tag: India

Apple is reported to start iPad production in India

Apple is reported to be starting production of the iPad in India sometime soon, as the company looks to reduce its huge reliance on China. A new report has come out this week from CNBC which outlines that Apple is currently in talks with officials from India about the manufacturing of iPad models in the country. However, so far the progress is slow and Apple does not have any “concrete plans” in […]

iPhone exports from India set to double by March 2023

Apple is using India as a up and coming manufacturing hub, as according to Bloomberg the total exports from the country are to double to $2.5 billion year on year by March 2023. As of writing, Apple has already had $1 billion in revenue since April, coming from exports from India of the iPhone. Apple seems to be planning to expand its operations in the country to use it as a large hub […]

HomePod is now on sale in India

Earlier this year, Apple announced that the HomePod smart speaker would soon go on sale in India and starting yesterday, the speaker has now gone on sale. Although you can’t buy anything from Apple directly in the country, Apple’s website for the HomePod sends you to third party retailers, such as Paytm and Amazon.in. The official price of the HomePod is ₹19,900 in India, which is £209 in the UK […]

Certain iPhone models in India have had a price increase, due to increased import duties

This week, Apple has increased the prices of the most recent iPhone models in India, this is after the news from the Indian government that import duties would increase. Apple’s response to the import duties increase, is to just increase the prices of the iPhone 8, iPhone 11 and iPhone 11 Pro in India. For example, an entry level iPhone 11 Pro 64GB has gone from ₹99,900 → ₹1,01,200 which is […]

Apple has said its first retail store in India will open next year

Yesterday, Apple held its annual shareholders meeting at Apple Park and one of the announcements from Tim Cook was that Apple will be open its first retail store in India next year, in 2021. Apple has also said that by the end of 2020, it will start selling products on its online retail store in India because at the moment, Apple doesn’t really sell to the consumer directly, instead it […]

HomePod is launching soon in India

On Tuesday this week, Apple released a very minor update to the HomePod with 13.3.1 but what wasn’t in the release notes, was the addition of support for Indian English for Siri on the HomePod. The HomePod will be launching soon in India for ₹19,900 MRP and as soon as it goes on sale, we’ll post about it here on A&T Tech. Source: Apple

OnePlus TVs now support Netflix

OnePlus, a company more known for making high end Android phones launched their own TV back in September for India. And at the launch, an integrated Netflix app was missing from the TV. OnePlus has added the app to the Q1 series of smart TVs via a software update. New models that a purchased now come with Netflix out of the box and also a brand new remote, as the […]

Nokia branded smart TVs to come soon to India

Nokia, which is now more known nowadays for mobile phone infrastructure equipment – is now launching branded smart TV in partnership with Flipkart in India. Nokia itself won’t be making the TV units, as it seems. The news comes from a report from India Today, which doesn’t contains much information but we do know that it does have JBL speakers. “We are delighted that Flipkart, the leading e-commerce company in the country, […]

Samsung Pay is now available in India

Samsung’s own mobile payment system, akin in functionality to Apple Pay and Android Pay is now available for use in India. Samsung Pay has partnered with some of the major banks in the county, Axis Bank, HDFC Bank, ICIC Bank, AMEX, Citi and Standard Chartered. Samsung is pushing the not so well known service even more lately, with Android Pay also available on the same devices, the market share is […]