[THENATHE]

Except for the fact that the reason many markets buy android phones is because they are very budget oriented devices. Go to Mexico, India, China, Eastern Europe, anywhere where the purchasing power isn’t nearly on par with the US and you’ll find the reason everyone has android phones is because their carrier gives them a free one that happens to be years old and just about as terrible as they come. It’s essentially the equivalent of a galaxy s7 (great phone) in 2022. It’s just a bad phone by todays technological standards

[dartharva]

That.. doesn't happen at all. I am from and in India, I would know. The only carrier that gives a free phone here is Jio, and that's a feature phone. In absolute terms there are way more people in India with enough purchasing power to buy iPhones than in almost all other countries except China and the US, just because it population is that large, but I'll agree it won't compensate for % share. It's still ironic that Apple manufactures phones here and has still failed to capture the country's market.