Apple’s 15-year journey in India, from the iPhone 3G to its first retail location

Apple’s 15-year journey in India, from the iPhone 3G to its first retail location.

Here is a timeline of Apple’s 15-year journey in India, starting with the release of the iPhone 3G in 2008 and ending with the inauguration of the company’s first store in Mumbai.

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It took Apple Inc. 15 years from the time it first began selling the iPhone in India to having a company-run retail shop.

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Here is a timeline of Apple’s history in India, where the country’s contract manufacturers are increasingly producing iPhones.

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