Apple wants India to exempt older iPhone models from single-charger rules
appleinsider.com
Apple has urged the Indian IT ministry to make changes to its single charger rules, as adding USB-C to older iPhone models will make it hard for Apple to meet production targets for India's manufacturing and export laws.

Apple isn’t happy about India’s demand to upgrade older iPhones with USB-C::Apple has urged the Indian IT ministry to make changes to its single charger rules, as adding USB-C to older iPhone models will make it hard for Apple to meet production targets for India’s manufacturing and export laws.

  • random65837@lemmy.worldEnglish
    145·
    11 months ago

    Wouldnt be surprising if they just stop shipping the newer phones then. India isn’t the EU, most of their smartphones are cheap and low spec, most of their networks are terrible and small bump they’ve recently had is stil an incredibly small amount as a whole vs the rest of the Indian market.

    • HonytawkEnglish
      4·
      11 months ago

      If most of India’s smartphones are cheap and low spec, then Apple’s only market is the older models. They will not be able to sell the newer models.