The iPhone SE Sells Out on Opening Weekend

Are you eager to get your hands on the new iPhone SE? Well, you will not be able to get your hands on the iPhone SE until April 12th at the earliest time because it is already sold out from every cell phone carrier. Certain models you may not be able to get until as early as April 20th. Market research experts thought the iPhone SE would be a dud and did not expect it would sell out immediately after they were released. Although the iPhone SE has been a successful seller so far in the U.S., it will probably not be very popular in India. The iPhone SE which costs between $400 and $430 in the U.S. will cost $586 in India. Not only will the cost of the new iPhone turn away customers in India, but the Indian consumers will also dislike the phone because of its size. The people that make up the potential consumer base in India are interested in phones with large screens because for most of them their phone is their only computer. Most of the Indian clientele would most likely pick a phone with a bigger screen instead of a phone with a faster processor and better camera. However, the iPhone SE will not be as expensive in India as the iPhone 6S is which costs $960. The reason Apple devices are so much more expensive in India than in the U.S. is because of shipping costs. When Apple ships their products to India they rely on third party shipping companies. Apple says there is not much they can do to lower the price of their products in India, but they should consider the average price of a smartphone in India is $200. I do not understand how shipping iPhones from to China to India costs more money than shipping iPhones from China to the U.S. The U.S. is much farther from China than India is. However, maybe Apple does not ship their products to India straight through China but from the U.S. where their headquarters are located. The main reason, perhaps, the iPhone costs such much in India is because Apple products are not sold directly through them in India but through other businesses. My guess is since Apple does not directly sell their products in India, other companies sell them at higher rates. What an iPhone will cost in other countries depends on those countries economies. I think it would be smart if Apple opened some factories and headquarters overseas. That way, Apple could become less dependent on third party companies to transport and sell their products. If the iPhone SE has already sold out in the U.S., how popular will it be in other countries?  I wonder how long it will be until Apple comes out with a product that is actually innovative, not just another version of one of their previous products like the iPhone SE was. Anyway, I'm surprised the iPhone SE has been such a hit in the U.S. because I actually thought it would be a dud as well. If the iPhone SE sold out the first week it was released, there must be some explanation for its success.