Apple is expected to reveal its new iPhone 7 series at its global launch event at the Graham Bill Civic Auditorium in San Francisco on September 7. While USA will get the device instantly, the company may launch the new devices in India by next month.
Apple has ignored the Indian smartphone market in the past but users can expect the new handsets to come to the country by the first half of October.
The company’s wish to sell more smartphones in India can be credited to substantial growth of the country’s mobile market. The faster launch would also enable the company to increase its 30 per cent penetration rate in the third-largest smartphone market in the world.
Apple Chief Tim Cook’s visit to India earlier this year also highlights the company’s increased interest to push its products in the Indian market faster.
Apart from inaugurating the Development Centre in Hyderabad, Apple was also in talks with the government to seek permission regarding setting up its stores in the country.
Though Apple did not get permission to set up stores due to local manufacturing incompetence, the company managed to register a 56 per cent surge in smartphone sales year-over-year in India.
Considering the above-mentioned facts, there is a high chance that the new handsets will land in India by the first half of October.
