# Apple India profit surges 66% to ₹5,311 crore in FY26

2026-10-21T08:46:57+00:00 | Governance | Indian Opinion Desk

Corroboration: 2 independent outlets

Apple India’s net profit surged 66% year-on-year to ₹5,311 crore in FY26, while operating revenue crossed ₹1 lakh crore for the first time, growing 31% to ₹1,03,853 crore. iPhone volumes rose 24% during the year, according to company filings accessed by business intelligence platform AltInfo and reported by Inc42 and Sarkaritel.com. The growth came despite a modest 2% volume expansion in India’s broader smartphone market in FY26, with the premium segment, phones priced above ₹30,000, growing 12%. Apple India’s revenue narrowed the gap with Samsung Electronics India, which reported overall revenue of ₹1.12 lakh crore, though analysts said a direct comparison is complicated by Samsung’s wider product portfolio spanning TVs, appliances and telecom gear.

## Indian Opinion Analysis

The two outlets report the same Apple India FY26 results, but their framing of the performance gap with Samsung differs sharply. Sarkaritel.com leads with Apple crossing the ₹1 lakh crore milestone, then immediately notes Samsung India reported higher overall revenue of ₹1.12 lakh crore, though it explicitly says the figures are not comparable because of Samsung’s wider business portfolio. Inc42.com omits any mention of Samsung’s ₹1.12 lakh crore figure entirely, instead focusing on Apple’s own record profit, revenue, and export numbers, and then shifts almost entirely to Flipkart food delivery and non-Apple stories. The upshot: inc42.com gives an unalloyed Apple growth narrative, while Sarkaritel.com supplies the competitive benchmark that tempers it. A reader combining both sees that Apple India’s performance is indeed strong, but its revenue still trails Samsung India’s total, a gap the company would need to close in the premium segment alone.

## Coverage

Coverage: 2 sources, 2 neutral
- inc42.com (neutral report) <https://inc42.com/buzz/apples-fy26-snapshot-flipkarts-foodtech-foray-more/>
  Leads with Apple's profit jump, omits Samsung comparison
- sarkaritel.com (neutral report) <https://www.sarkaritel.com/apple-india-revenue-crosses-1-lakh-crore-profit-fy26/>
  Leads with revenue milestone, includes Samsung comparison

This brief was synthesised by AI from the 2 sources linked above, so one read covers every framing they carry.

Tags: Apple India, Corporation, Ravi Shankar Prasad, Samsung India
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