iPhone SEApple is in talks with government officials in India to expand its iPhone manufacturing facility in Bengalaru, a federal minister acknowledged on Tuesday (via Reuters).

The Cupertino-based company reportedly wants to bulk out the plant in the southern Indian tech hub as part of its plan to capture a bigger share in one of the world's fastest growing smartphone markets.

Ravi Shankar Prasad, the state official for Electronics and IT, said government officials were in touch with Apple and other mobile phone manufacturers for expanding facilities and setting up new plants.

Last week Apple officially began initial production of a small number of iPhone SE devices at its Wistron-run Bangalore plant, and plans to ship Indian-created iPhones to local customers as soon as this month.

The locally produced phones could be up to $100 cheaper than the current going rate for iPhone SE devices in the country, which would help Apple to compete with the wide variety of cheap devices available there.

Apple's struggles in India have been put down to the iPhone's traditionally expensive price tag, a fact that Apple CEO Tim Cook has openly admitted. Last year, a Strategy Analytics report said a total of 35 percent fewer iPhones sold in 2016 in the country than in 2015.

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69Mustang Avatar
106 months ago
Granted, competing mobile companies aren't rushing to build a billion dollar plant for their market, so.....
Competing mobile companies long ago built billion dollar plants for their market, so....:rolleyes:
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OriginalMacRat Avatar
106 months ago
Tim wants more market share but Timmy you aren't willing to play in the sandbox with all the other cheap phone makers in India.
The iPhone has never been about market share and a race to the bottom of the profitability ladder.
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Cloudkicker Avatar
106 months ago
The iPhone has never been about market share and a race to the bottom of the profitability ladder.
Are you being funny?
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jonnysods Avatar
106 months ago
Tim wants more market share but Timmy you aren't willing to play in the sandbox with all the other cheap phone makers in India.
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jonnysods Avatar
106 months ago
The iPhone has never been about market share and a race to the bottom of the profitability ladder.
100% agree with you, which is why Tim won't get the results that he wants. He'd do better at LG or something.
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