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According to the information released by CNMO Technology News, Apple plans to release a new iPhone 16 series products on September 10.
According to previous reports, the iPhone16 Pro Max may be equipped with a 6.9-inch mobile phone screen to further improve the peak brightness of the mobile phone. In addition, the bezel of the mobile phone screen will be further shortened, from the previous 1.55mm to 1.15mm, reducing the criticism that the black edge is too wide. In terms of performance, it will be equipped with a new A18 Pro chip, which will support more AI functions, and the camera will be upgraded from 12 million pixels unchanged to 48 million pixels.
The overall configuration has risen, and this price is not expected to be low. However, the information that broke the news shows that in order to further seize the global market, Apple still adopts a price strategy, of which the price of iPhone16 Pro Max will remain at $1199, which is full of sincerity.
However, for Apple's upcoming iPhone 16 series products, many consumers are not so cold, because of Apple's recent change in attitude towards India.
According to India financial media Monecycontrol, Apple will assemble the upcoming high-end versions of the iPhone 16 series Pro and Pro Max models in India for the first time through Foxconn, which cooperates in India, to ensure that the iPhone assembled in India and the iPhone assembled in the mainland shorten the gap in time and version.
Judging from here, the previous remarks that everyone said that Foxconn was robbed of orders and that Foxconn intends to return to the mainland are self-defeating. After all, Apple is rooted in the India market, and Foxconn, which follows Apple, will naturally not let go of its attention to the India market.
But it is precisely because of Apple's emphasis that many people question the upcoming iPhone 16 series.
This is largely due to the fact that iPhone products made in India have not been strict in quality control in the past, and products manufactured last year were also detected to exceed the standard of a certain bacteria, resulting in a large number of sold iPhone product series being returned. Now, India is about to start producing high-end versions, which undoubtedly makes everyone question the future direction of Apple products.
However, in the author's opinion, Apple has suffered a loss, this time it is impossible to let the iPhone 16 series made in India flow into the global market, the main purpose is to deepen the manufacturing capacity of the India market, and seize the India market, then they are likely to only be listed in India.
Don't underestimate the India market, for now, the India market has a lot of prospects for Apple. Among them, Counterpoint claims that Apple accounts for 6% of the India smartphone market, and now it is facing the difficulties of Chinese companies in the India market, and Apple is likely to make up for the gap in Chinese companies. In addition, in fiscal year 2023, Apple's sales in India hit a record $8 billion, an increase of 33% year-on-year. It can be seen that Apple still has a lot of room for revenue in the India market.
At this time, they increased the production of high-end versions in India, perhaps really for the dividends of the India market, and to meet Modi's wishes, with Apple manufacturing as the main force, to enhance the strength of India manufacturing to the world.
However, Apple's move was complained by India experts. In the opinion of India experts, China only assembled Apple mobile phones back then, and the United States liked China very much at that time. But when China began to build its own mobile phones, the United States was not happy to start suppressing it. If Made in India rises, then they are also likely to be the next target of repression.
The implication is that when Apple continues to bet on India iPhone manufacturing and improves the strength of India manufacturing, United States is likely to pull India down. In a way, this has a lot to do with Apple's raising.
I have to say that there are still people in India who are quite sober, and the experts' remarks are not nonsense. Judging by some of the previous details, United States's attitude towards India has long since changed. For example, when the iPhone series products were exported from India to a new high last year, the media in United States began to hype the poor operating environment and poor labor environment in India. At the same time, they also shouted to India that now their opponent is not China, their opponent is Viet Nam and other places, because several other countries have gradually become popular investment destinations.
Obviously, the United States does not really regard India as their "ally" to get rid of their dependence on Chinese manufacturing, on the contrary, they just hope that India is a pure manufacturing tool. Because only in this way can they get rid of the situation without supporting a new competitor.
It's just a pity that the United States underestimated India's "ambition", and what India wants from beginning to end is to rely on attracting foreign capital and increasing the incentive of local manufacturing, so as to make India fully squeeze into the global market and become a key link in global manufacturing that cannot be ignored. In order to achieve this goal, they even came up with means such as necking Chinese companies, fines, and competing for the right to speak, so iron-hearted Made in India, how can it be willing to become a simple manufacturing tool?
So to sum up, the manufacturing game between India and United States is close at hand, as long as India manufacturing really rises, then they are likely to become the next target to be suppressed. This is one of the reasons why India experts do not think that Apple's continuous increase in the India market is a good situation.
But the expert ignores the harsh reality that India can really rise in manufacturing across the board.
From the current point of view, India is still a long way off. Especially not long ago, there were high-level calls in India that restrictions on Chinese companies should be lifted and Chinese companies should be attracted to invest in India, because they simply cannot completely get rid of their dependence on Chinese manufacturing, let alone surpass Chinese manufacturing and become the key core of the global manufacturing market. This also means that some of them are not so optimistic about India's manufacturing, so in this case, is the remark of India experts a little unfounded?
It's also a bit pitiful to say, if you don't engage in manufacturing, you can't raise your global market position, and if you want to do manufacturing, you have to beware of the so-called allies at any time. Of course, this is ultimately because of their previous attitude, if they upheld win-win cooperation at the beginning, rather than surpassing anyone, they must not become a chess piece on the chessboard now, and they cannot control the fate of future manufacturing. Therefore, when your own strength is not strong enough, it is a good way to do things in a low-key manner and not wade into troubled waters.
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