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Apple isn't happy about India's demand to upgrade older iPhones with USB-C (appleinsider.com)
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Apple isn't happy about India's demand to upgrade older iPhones with USB-C::Apple has urged the Indian IT ministry to make changes to its single charger rules, as adding USB-C to older iPhone models will make it hard for Apple to meet production targets for India's manufacturing and export laws.

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[–] Nollij@sopuli.xyz 86 points 11 months ago (1 children)

It's also not like this snuck up on them. Governments around the world warned them very clearly that they had to get onto a standard. Apple dragged their feet the entire time, fighting it at every opportunity, until it went into law.

I don't know what India's law says, but I suspect it boils down to "All phones sold as new after XXXX date must have a USB-C charger". Apple has the choice to modify the older/cheaper designs, or to stop selling them in that market.

[–] random65837@lemmy.world 10 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Wouldnt be surprising if they just stop shipping the newer phones then. India isn't the EU, most of their smartphones are cheap and low spec, most of their networks are terrible and small bump they've recently had is stil an incredibly small amount as a whole vs the rest of the Indian market.

[–] Honytawk@lemmy.zip 4 points 11 months ago

If most of India's smartphones are cheap and low spec, then Apple's only market is the older models. They will not be able to sell the newer models.