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.

  • sir_reginald@lemmy.worldEnglish
    172·
    1 year ago

    There’s enough supply of inexpensive Android phones that support standard chargers. It’s not a problem for consumers if they can’t buy older models of iPhones, there are tons of other smartphones.

    It definitely hurts Apple to loose out in a market as big as India’s. But that’s their fault. They had enough time.

    • sfgifz@lemmy.worldEnglish
      5·
      1 year ago

      There’s a fad in India that having an iPhone makes you a sophisticated person.

      I have colleagues who’ve spent more than a whole month’s salary over it. They all use WhatsApp instead of Apple Messages, put on a ₹100 cover they got by bargaining at the railway station they commute to everyday for 2 hours, can’t afford the wireless charger, and every 3rd person seems to have one - idk what’s sophisticated about such an unexclusive device ¯\_(ツ)_/¯