I loko o kekahi mau lā ma hope o ka hoʻoholo ʻana o ke aupuni India e hoʻonui i ke ʻauhau dute ma nā kelepona paʻalima, ua hoʻokiʻekiʻe ka hui ʻenehana nui ʻo Apple i nā kumukūʻai (ma MRP) ma nā ʻano iPhone, koe wale nō ka iPhone SE, ʻo ia wale nō ke kelepona akamai Apple a ka hui e hoʻākoakoa ai ma India. Hana ka hoa hana Taiwanese ʻo 'Wistron Corporation' i ka iPhone SE no Apple ma ke ʻano he mau ʻāpana semi-knocked down ma kahi hale ma Karnataka.
ʻOiai ke hōʻike nei i ka Budget Budget 2018-19 i ka pule i hala aku nei, ua ʻōlelo ke Kuhina Waiwai ʻo Arun Jaitley ua hāpai ʻia ka dute ma nā kelepona paʻalima mai ka 15 pākēneka a i ka 20 pākēneka, a ma kekahi mau mea kelepona paʻalima i 15 pakeneka, e "hoʻoikaika" i ka hoʻohui waiwai o ka home a me "Make in India" i ka mahele.
Ua pipiʻi loa ke kumukūʻai o ka iPhone X ma India i kona hoʻokuʻu mua ʻia ʻana. I loko o kekahi mau mahina ma hope o kona hoʻokuʻu ʻia ʻana, ua koi ʻia ʻo Apple e hoʻonui hou aku i ke kumukūʻai o ke kelepona paʻalima ma ka ʻāina, ma muli o ka piʻi ʻana o nā ʻauhau lawe mai. I kēia manawa, ua koi hou ʻia ʻo Apple e hoʻonui i ke kumukūʻai o ka iPhone X, me nā iPhone ʻē aʻe i kāna laina ma muli o ka piʻi ʻana o nā ʻauhau lawe mai e ke aupuni India.
Ua ʻike ʻia ka piʻi awelike o 3.6% i nā kumukūʻai o nā ʻano iPhone like ʻole a i ka 8.3% o nā kumukūʻai o nā hiʻohiʻona Apple Watch. ʻO kahi laʻana, ua hoʻokumu ʻia ka 64 GB iPhone X ma Rs 89,000 ma India ma mua o ka piʻi ʻana o ke kumukūʻai i Kēkēmapa i kumu kūʻai ʻia he 92,430. I kēia manawa, ma hope o ka huakaʻi maʻamau, lawe ka iPhone X like i kahi kumukūʻai o 95,390. Pēlā nō, lawe ka ʻokoʻa 256GB i kahi MRP o Rs 1,08,930.
Ua ʻike ʻia hoʻi ka piʻi ʻana o ke kumukūʻai o nā huahana Apple ʻē aʻe no nā mākeke India. Ua ʻike ʻia hoʻi ka piʻi ʻana o ke kumukūʻai o ka laina Apple Watch Series 3 me kāna mau kumukūʻai i kēia manawa e hoʻomaka ana mai Rs 32,380 i hoʻohālikelike ʻia me ke kumukūʻai ma mua o Rs 29,900.
