Hi Rahul, I think, Apple doesn’t see a potential in earning revenue in India for the following reasons:
1. A majority of Indians don’t give a crap about paying for stuff that can be copied :-) 2. There aren’t enough number of people with high speed internet at their houses as compared to the number of people in USA or Europe 3. Due to the buying power of people in India is very low, the average rate of selling DVDs or CDs are far lower than than in the US, which means the profit for song / movie is significantly lower. So this will impact their revenue.. ROI not good. Do you know the number of servers and storage an iTunes store needs to host / store the digital audio and video content? It’s HUGE…….. Let me say that again….. It’s MASSIVE……. It’s not worth while. This is of course my humble opinion. I have no data to back it up. Also, if you really want an Apple TV that badly, just get one from abroad along with a $100 iTunes Gift card and stream the movies and music on your TV…… But first get a high speed broad band internet connection for your house…. NO.. I’m talking about your Reliance Data Card. ha ha. Rishi On 15-Feb-2011, at 10:46 AM, Rahul wrote: > Rishi, > > Why not start a petition campaign asking why India is given second rate > status when it comes to Apple products despite the huge volume of products > sold here. This is a sore fact on most users minds and as everyone knows it > allows for huge black market distribution. It is about time the company takes > notice of this and launches their products here on par with the rest of the > world. Would recommend an online petition which is then bought to the notice > of the corporation. > > Regards, > > Rahul Gomes - Director > Oak's Management Consultancy (Pvt) Ltd. > 625/626, Arun Chambers, Tardeo Road > Mumbai, India - 400034 > Board - - 9122 40747474 > Dir - 9122 40747400 > Cell - 9122 9821458978 > Fax Direct - 9122 40747473 > > Visit us at http://www.oaksevents.com > > > <PastedGraphic-1.tiff> > > Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail > > Disclaimer > > This message (including any attachments) contains confidential information > intended for a specific individual and purpose, and is protected by law. If > you are not the intended recipient, you should delete this message and are > hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, or distribution of this > message, or the taking of any action based on it, is strictly prohibited. > > On 15-Feb-2011, at 10:28 AM, Rishi wrote: > >> Amit >> >> I checked the apple india website >> >> http://apple.co.in/store/ >> >> It is not listed as a product. >> >> The reason I think of this is because it’s designed for streaming music and >> video of the itunes store. >> >> Since there is no music or video in the India iTunes store, it’s not sold >> here. >> >> Rishi >> >> On 14-Feb-2011, at 2:42 PM, AmitG@BB wrote: >> >>> Any one selling New Apple Tvs >>> Amit Gandhi >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> IMUG Users website: www.imug.in > > > -- > IMUG Users website: www.imug.in -- IMUG Users website: www.imug.in
