Indonesia rejects Apple's $100m investment to lift iPhone 16 sales ban

Government wants manufacturing development plus $10m from earlier pledge

20241125 phone users in Indonesia2

Women use smartphones while riding a train in Jakarta. (Photo by Ken Kobayashi)

ISMI DAMAYANTI and REZHA HADYAN, Nikkei staff writers

JAKARTA -- Indonesia says Apple's $100 million investment plan is not enough to end a sales ban on the iPhone 16 and that the company should consider investing in local manufacturing.

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