Indonesia, Apple reach agreement to end iPhone 16 sales ban

Apple, after the agreement of the two sides, Indonesia can continue the iPhone 16 smartphone sales in Indonesia, during a press conference during a press conference on Wednesday Reuters sheet.

Ban was raised five months After Indonesia, the US iPhone manufacturer blocked the iPhone 16 from Indonesia The country’s regulation must be at least 40% of local produced components of smartphones and tablets sold.

In December, Apple has committed to invest $ 1 billion The initial factory in Indonesia. The mechanism will produce components for smartphones and other apple devices. Indonesia Apple has reduced $ 100 million in investment proposal Due to enough financing for the country in November to allow the sale of smartphones of the company.

Indonesian Minister of Industry Agus Gumiwang Kartasasmita said that the US technological giant is in the process of obtaining a local content certificate to market its devices in the country.

Apple did not respond immediately to a TechCrunch request for comments.

Last year, Tim Cook, Apple CEO, Visited Indonesia And the company will investigate the possibility of production in the country.

In the country in the house, apple This week has been announced Over the next four years, he will invest $ 500 billion in high-level production, engineering and education, in the spotlight for artificial intelligence and chip for the AI ​​workload.

In recent years, Apple has expanded the supply chains to reduce its trust. Iphone 16 is currently produced BrazilIndia and China, various airline models are collected Vietnam.

There are Jakarta Sale of Google Pixel phones with alphabetical Due to a similar issue – Google did not use enough local components in October. According to a reportIn the third quarter of 2024, the best smartphone brands in Indonesia are Opo, Xiaomi, Transsion, Samsung and Vivo.