Company Apple Lossless Audio CODEC (ALAC), It has been trying for more than a year to conquer the Indian market, but it had very big problems because of the local legislation that favors domestic production over foreign production, opening the first boutiques in the country proving to be very difficult.
Although Apple's sales in India are increasing from one fiscal quarter to another, the American company wants to sell refurbished smartphones there, but Samsung and other local retailers are not so enthusiastic about this idea and oppose the opposition.
Samsung and other companies that sell smartphones in India are trying to convince the local government that allowing Apple to sell refurbished iPhones is a big mistake and that its request to do so should be rejected.
Indian legislation prohibits the sale of refurbished smartphones manufactured outside the country, a project called Make in India favoring local production, and Apple's competitors argue that the program would be destroyed if Apple could sell refurbished iPhones locally.
Apple's application has gone to so-called inter-ministerial discussion, said Asha Nangia, a director in the Department of Electronics & Information Technology. That adds a layer of bureaucracy to a process that is far from certain. The government could go either way, although it's encountering far greater local opposition than the first time around.
Apple tried last year, without success, to obtain a premise to sell refurbished iPhones, and now the request will be discussed by the Indian ministers, but it is difficult to say whether it will be accepted or not considering the laws of India.
If this request will be accepted, then Apple will have the opportunity to earn serious amounts of money by selling iPhones at very low prices, but it remains to be seen what will happen in the end.
