There are a few things OP and the others here may not know. the Apple Tax in India generally appears to go through the roof because of the 200% import Tax they put on electronics here. That is done because there is a huge demand for these products in India and the country wants them manufactured here, not built for cheap in China and flooding the market, killing local jobs (or rather, not allowing for the creation of a local manufacture base). Apple has always been hardest hit by this and that is the reason they opened a small manufacture base in South India a couple of years ago.
Samsung, Xiaomi and some other big names have their largest plants in India for this very reason, Samsung having set up the world's largest plant here to pump out phones for selling locally and export.
Apple's golden boy suppliers Foxcon, Wistron and Pegatron have recently filed for provisions with the Indian government to open large manufacture bases for iPhones here.
https://www.thequint.com/tech-and-auto/tech-news/top-three-apple-suppliers-to-invest-up-to-900-million-dollars-in-india
The new iPhone 12 is not made in India and is still overpriced for this same reason.
But it seems the production will only commence next year.
https://www.indiatoday.in/technology/news/story/iphone-12-will-be-made-in-india-as-apple-supplier-hires-10-000-local-employees-for-production-1712777-2020-08-19
Another problem in the pas has been that for a lot of manufacturers in India, it is not enough to just assemble the product in the country. Even the component supply needs to be localized or they'll be hit with Tariffs.
TL;DR -
Indians still need extra kidneys to buy the iPhone 12... But by next year, maybe only part of a liver!
Hope this brings some context to the absolutely lousy pricing that continues to plague iPhones (and other things Apple) in India.
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There are a few things OP and the others here may not know. the Apple Tax in India generally appears to go through the roof because of the 200% import Tax they put on electronics here. That is done because there is a huge demand for these products in India and the country wants them manufactured here, not built for cheap in China and flooding the market, killing local jobs (or rather, not allowing for the creation of a local manufacture base). Apple has always been hardest hit by this and that is the reason they opened a small manufacture base in South India a couple of years ago. Samsung, Xiaomi and some other big names have their largest plants in India for this very reason, Samsung having set up the world's largest plant here to pump out phones for selling locally and export. Apple's golden boy suppliers Foxcon, Wistron and Pegatron have recently filed for provisions with the Indian government to open large manufacture bases for iPhones here. https://www.thequint.com/tech-and-auto/tech-news/top-three-apple-suppliers-to-invest-up-to-900-million-dollars-in-india The new iPhone 12 is not made in India and is still overpriced for this same reason. But it seems the production will only commence next year. https://www.indiatoday.in/technology/news/story/iphone-12-will-be-made-in-india-as-apple-supplier-hires-10-000-local-employees-for-production-1712777-2020-08-19 Another problem in the pas has been that for a lot of manufacturers in India, it is not enough to just assemble the product in the country. Even the component supply needs to be localized or they'll be hit with Tariffs. TL;DR - Indians still need extra kidneys to buy the iPhone 12... But by next year, maybe only part of a liver! Hope this brings some context to the absolutely lousy pricing that continues to plague iPhones (and other things Apple) in India..thumb.jpg.95388ba49c81bafc8fad8014e0966b24.jpg)
