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Saturday, January 3, 2026
TopicApple iPhones

Topic: Apple iPhones

With India-made iPhones, Tamil Nadu isn’t just competing with China, but rest of India

Once known for Rajiv Gandhi's assassination, today Sriperumbudur is one of Apple’s main assembly hubs outside China. Most workers here are women with engineering degrees.

Why your iPhone 15 cost you way more than it would have in US, despite ‘made in India’ factor

A variety of factors, including Apple’s pricing strategy, forex fluctuations and import duties, are leading to this huge price discrepancy, say experts.

Deliveries of Apple iPhone 15 Pro, Pro Max delayed in China by a few weeks, reports Bloomberg

Reporter Mark Gurman posted that Pro Max deliveries are delayed by 4-5 weeks and by 2-3 weeks for the Pro device.

Russia bans employees from using iPhones & iPads for work, reports Interfax

Ban issued 2 months after claims by Russia's FSB security service that several thousand Apple devices were compromised as result of espionage operation by US.

Tatas close to taking over Apple supplier factory, to become 1st Indian iPhone maker, says report

A Bloomberg report says India’s largest conglomerate is in talks to acquire the Karnataka factory of Wistron Corp.

Apple products luring away Indian users, plans for more future growth, says CEO Tim Cook

India is perhaps Apple’s biggest focus. The company recently opened its first two retail stores there, in Mumbai and Delhi.

Apple iPhone shows off resilience due to better-than-expected sales in India, newer markets

Shares of the largest U.S. company by market value rose 2% after Apple exceeded Wall Street’s expectations for revenue and profit for the April 1 quarter.

On Camera

Indian bureaucracy should be given incentives and rewards: MH Mody

Is there a place for a counter-bureaucracy, or a separate and competing bureaucracy to counterbalance the force of the executive’s bureaucracy, asked author MH Mody in 1980.

India’s urban co-op banks are turning the page—crisis to cautious revival, one metric at a time

With bad loans shrinking & capital buffers stronger, urban co-op banks’ new umbrella body NUCFDC is now prioritising rollout of digital transformation.

Greece looking at TATA’s WhAP infantry combat vehicle for army procurement

If deal goes through, Greece will be 2nd foreign country to procure vehicle. Morocco was first; TATA Group has set up manufacturing unit there with minimum 30 percent indigenous content.

A year-end Mea Culpa in National Interest—The Army-Islam combo doesn’t kill democracy

Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a Mea Culpa. I’d deal with the most recent this week.