Last Updated: February 25, 2024, 12:00 IST
The big demand for iPhone means Apple is laughing its way into the country
Apple has seen its iPhone demand grow manifold which has not only pushed the shipment units but also increased the need to set up premium stores
Apple’s revenue in India rose nearly 42 percent (on-year) last year to $8.7 billion, foreign brokerage Morgan Stanley said in a report on Friday.
According to the report, iPhone shipments grew about 39 percent to 9.2 million units last year.
“In CY23, India represented 4 percent of iPhones shipments and revenue, up from 3 percent in CY22 and 1 percent 5 years ago,” said analysts in the report.
“If India continues to grow at the same trajectory while China iPhone shipments stay flat, India would be a bigger iPhone market than China by 2027,” it added.
TechCrunch was first to report on Apple India’s 2023 revenue.
Apple registered strong double-digit growth in the December quarter in India, reaching another quarter revenue record in the country, company’s CEO Tim Cook said earlier this month.
Responding to an analyst’s questions, Cook said that the India market “hit a quarter revenue record”.
India’s smartphone shipments remained flat in 2023 at 152 million units, but Apple reached the 10-million-unit mark in shipments and captured the top position in revenue in a calendar year for the first time.
In a bid to further boost mobile manufacturing in the country, the government in January slashed import duty on parts used for manufacturing of mobile phones to 10 percent from 15 percent. The move will help companies like Apple to manufacture more of its high-end premium smartphones in the country.
