About 200 Apple (AAPL.O) fans lined up early Tuesday outside the tech giant’s first retail store in India in Mumbai.
Tim Cook, who will open the 28,000-sq-foot (2,600-sq-m) store later, drew crowds throughout India.
“The vibe here is just different,” remarked 23-year-old Ahmedabad native Aan Shah. It’s different. No comparable. It’s thrilling.”
He has attended Apple shop openings in New York and Boston, where he met Cook.
Apple’s products have been available on e-commerce websites since 2020, but it has had trouble developing physical retail stores in the South Asian nation.
Apple’s new store at Reliance’s Jio World Drive mall shows its growing ambitions in India. It has been increasing iPhone assembly via contract manufacturers and exports despite a 3% market share.
On Monday night, many Indian film and television personalities met Cook at the store’s exclusive opening for bloggers and tech analysts.
Delhi’s second store opens Thursday.
Foxconn (2317. TW) and Wistron Corp (3231. TW) assemble iPhones in India as Apple seeks to expand its manufacturing base there.
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