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Apple has a list of demands before it can start making iPhones in India

Apple wants to replicate its China success in India - But it has conditions

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An Apple logo hangs above the entrance to the Apple store on 5th Avenue in the Manhattan borough of New York City.<b>Photo: Reuters</b>

BS Web Team New Delhi
For months, tech-giant Apple has been seeking ways to enter the Indian market while upholding 'business facets' - minimum risk and maximum profit. However, if Tim Cook thought he would have it easy with India, he's probably mistaken - Indians are admirably better at setting terms and conditions of a bargain than most others.

Last month, Apple announced plans to make iPhones for the Indian market in Bengaluru in association with Wistron, a Taiwanese OEM manufacturer for Apple and will start production by April 2017.

According to reports published in The Business Standard, Foxconn, the biggest contract manufacturer