Apple iPhone Shipments in India Hit Record Year in 2025

iPhone Shipments Surge in India

Apple is said to have recorded its strongest year yet in India. According to market data from Counterpoint Research, TechCrunch reports that Apple's iPhone shipments in India rose sharply in 2025, driving its market share to a record 9 percent, up from about 7 percent in 2024. This reportedly marks the Cupertino-based tech giant's best annual performance in India to date.

Industry analysts say the growth came from multiple factors, including a wider product lineup that runs from the latest iPhone 17 series to last year’s iPhone 16 series and the non-flagship iPhone 16e. Apple did well because its phones were easily available both online and in stores, and buyers had easy payment options like no-cost EMIs and bank offers. At the same time, India’s overall smartphone shipments stayed nearly flat at around 152–153 million units in 2025.   

In recent years, Apple has also started moving some of its manufacturing out of China, with India becoming an important assembly hub.

According to information shared by Union Minister of Electronics and Information Technology Ashwini Vaishnaw, the tech giant has achieved a new feat of shipping made in India iPhone models worth $50 billion (about Rs. 4.51 Lakh Crore) in total.

Apple, through its contract manufacturers like Foxconn, was onboarded in the PLI scheme under the Make in India initiative. The company managed to export about $16 billion (about Rs. 1.44 Lakh Crore) worth of iPhone models in the first nine months of the FY26 alone, taking total shipments to $50 billion since FY22. The number is expected to grow further as there are still a couple of months left until the end of the current financial year.

Key figures

• iPhone market share in India rose to 9% in 2025, up from about 7% in 2024.
• Overall smartphone shipments in India were around 152–153 million in 2025.
• Made in India iPhone models worth $50 billion shipped to date.
• Exported about $16 billion worth of iPhone models in first nine months of FY26; total shipments $50 billion since FY22.