Apple has launched its first Indian outlet where over 300 people snapped pictures with CEO Tim Cook as he inaugurated the company’s first retail location there highlighting the significance of the Indian market.
People gathered from all around the country in anticipation of the store’s opening celebration, which featured regional music and folk dancers.
Even though Apple products were accessible in India online, some fans had been waiting in line outside since the previous evening.
As per reports, many got their hair cut into the shape of the Apple logo, while others wore T-shirts in the co-founder Steve Jobs’ preferred style. One enthusiast even brought a 1984 model of the first Apple computer.
Apple had trouble constructing physical retail outlets in the country of South Asia in the past, although its items had been sold on e-commerce websites since the country’s first online store launched in 2020.
The opening of the new store coincides with an increase in Indian consumers’ desire to replace their basic, often less than $120 smartphones with glitzier models that provide richer feature sets.
A special ceremony on Monday marked the opening of the new store, which is housed in Reliance’s Jio World Drive mall. Several Indian film and television stars were spotted meeting Cook that evening.
On Thursday, a second store is scheduled to open in Delhi, the nation’s capital. Later this week, Cook will also meet with the deputy IT minister and Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Some of Apple’s goods, including the iPhone, are put together in India by Taiwanese contract electronics makers Foxconn and Wistron Corp as the company works to expand its manufacturing presence there.
