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While Mac shipments will likely fall between 15% and 18% in calendar 2023, iPad shipments might contract 6% to 8%, analysts at technology market researcher Counterpoint told ET. Shipments of Airpods and Apple Watches will likely more than halve this year, the analysts said. They declined to give unit projections for shipments of these products.

The retailers fear that the brands may undertake deep discounts on their online exclusive and end of life models whose supplies will be focused on e-commerce platforms considering almost all are carrying excess unsold inventory which they want to clear off in the up-coming festive sales.

The retailers fear that the brands may undertake deep discounts on their online exclusive and end of life models whose supplies will be focused on e-commerce platforms considering almost all are carrying excess unsold inventory which they want to clear off in the up-coming festive sales.

Brick-and-mortar retailers in India are urging leading electronics and mobile phone brands to maintain price parity and stock supplies with e-commerce platforms during the festive season. Industry groups representing these retailers have written letters to Samsung, Oppo, Vivo, Realme, Xiaomi, and OnePlus, expressing their concern that online-exclusive and end-of-life models will receive deep discounts, leaving brick-and-mortar retailers at a disadvantage.