Buy-Backs helping Apple iPad mini gain market share in India

Without a true low-end smartphone model to compete with in India, Apple decided to pull the Apple iPhone 4 out of retirement this past January. Apple is doing the same thing with the tablet market. Using the Apple iPad mini as its entry-level slate in the country, the tech titan plans on challenging Samsung in the Indian tablet market. In February, the Cupertino based manufacturer started a buy-back plan in conjunction with the iPad mini and saw tablet sales rise 35% since then.



In some Indian channels, Apple has sold out the 16GB Wi-Fi only version of the iPad mini. Thanks to the buy-back ...