[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.