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Indonesia starts to lift iPhone 16 ban, but hurdles remain

Indonesia’s government has now granted Apple most of the certificates needed for the iPhone 16 ban to be lifted, but Apple still can’t resume sales just yet.

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iPhone 16 & iPhone 16 Plus — still can’t be sold in Indonesia

As reported at the end of February 2025, Indonesia has now settled its dispute with Apple. The iPhone 16 will not, however, go back on sale immediately.

According to Reuters, that’s because what has happened is that Apple has been granted the local content certificates that were Indonesia’s main barrier to selling the iPhone 16. It’s to do with the local content quota, which requires between 35% and 40% of the device’s components to be made in Indonesia.

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