Exclusive: Apple India ramps up sales team in time for iPhone 5 launch

Apple is currently hiring people for its sales team in India in the build-up to the launch of the next iPhone. As BGR India exclusively reported, Apple will be retailing the iPhone 5 in India in the open market rather than relying solely on its carrier partners Aircel and Airtel. This means Apple would import and distribute the iPhone 5 on its own and make it widely available, unlike earlier when it was imported and distributed by the carriers.

We have exclusively learned that Apple India is hiring sales people in junior and mid-level positions. Many of them have been poached from other handset vendors in the country. They are being hired for the sale of “iPhone, iPad and iPod” line-up, which are different from those that handle Apple’s Mac products including the iMac and MacBook range.
Apple CEO, Tim Cook, might not consider India as a top priority market but Apple does not want to completely ignore one of the fastest growing markets for smartphones. We expect Apple to launch the iPhone 5 (or whatever it is eventually called) in India close to Diwali this November.