Cikin 'yan kwanaki bayan gwamnatin Indiya ta yanke shawarar ƙara harajin kwastam kan wayoyin hannu, kamfanin fasaha na Apple ya ƙara farashi (akan MRP) a cikin samfuran iPhone, banda iPhone SE, wayar Apple ɗaya tilo da kamfanin ke haɗawa a Indiya. Abokin haɗin gwiwar masana'antar Taiwan 'Wistron Corporation' ya sanya iPhone SE ga Apple a matsayin na'urorin da ba a taɓa yin irinsu ba a wani kamfani da ke Karnataka.
Yayin gabatar da Kasafin Kudin Tarayyar 2018-19 a makon da ya gabata, Ministan Kudi Arun Jaitley ya ce an daga harajin kwastan kan wayoyin hannu daga kashi 15 zuwa 20, kuma a kan wasu bangarorin wayar hannu zuwa kashi 15, don "kara" kara darajar cikin gida da kuma "Make in India" a cikin ɓangaren.
iPhone X ya riga ya yi tsada sosai a Indiya lokacin da aka fara ƙaddamar da shi. Cikin watanni biyu bayan ƙaddamar da shi, Apple ya tilasta ƙara farashin wayar a ƙasar, saboda hauhawar harajin shigo da kaya. Yanzu, Apple ya sake tilasta ƙara farashin iPhone X, tare da sauran wayoyin iPhone da ke cikin jerin wayoyinsa saboda ƙaruwar harajin shigo da kaya da gwamnatin Indiya ta yi.
An lura da karin tafiya na 3.6% a cikin farashin nau'ikan nau'ikan iPhone har zuwa 8.3% a farashin samfurin Apple Watch. Misali, 64 GB iPhone X da aka ƙaddamar a kan Rs 89,000 a Indiya kafin hauhawar farashi a watan Disamba ya haifar da farashin Rs 92,430. Yanzu, bayan ƙawancen al'ada, wannan iPhone X tana ɗauke da farashin Rs 95,390. Hakanan, nau'ikan 256GB yanzu yana ɗaukar MRP na Rs 1,08,930.
Sauran kayayyakin Apple suma sun ga karuwar farashinsu ga kasuwannin Indiya. Jerin Apple Watch Series 3 suma sun ga karuwar farashi inda farashinsa yanzu ya fara daga Rs 32,380 idan aka kwatanta da farashin da aka yi a baya na Rs 29,900.
