Flipkart, Amazon help Apple double its revenue in India

India is the second-largest smartphone market in the world and is dominated by phones running on Google's Android operating system

Apple's revenue from India doubled, year-on-year, in the September quarter, Apple Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook said on Friday. Analysts attributed the rise to higher sales of the iPhone on e-commerce platforms such as Flipkart, Amazon and Paytm.

“Revenue from emerging markets outside greater China was up 40 per cent, with great momentum in India, where revenue doubled, year-over-year,” Cook said during a call with analysts. He did not divulge the revenue figures for India.

He also said that sales of iPad tablets and Mac computers by enterprise and educational customers in India grew in double digits, while iPad sales, on the