Dear Apple Team,
I am writing as an Apple user residing in Bangladesh to respectfully request that Apple consider adding Bangladesh as an officially supported country/region for Apple Media Services, including the App Store, iCloud+, and other subscription-based services.
Bangladesh is a large and rapidly growing digital market, with approximately 176 million people, 82.8 million internet users, and around 186 million mobile connections. Smartphone adoption and digital payment usage continue to grow, creating a substantial opportunity for global technology and subscription-based services.
Apple already has a meaningful presence in Bangladesh. Current market data indicates that Apple devices represent approximately 6.46% of mobile-device vendor usage in the country. While this is not an exact measure of the number of Apple users, it demonstrates an established Apple ecosystem and a significant potential customer base.
From a commercial perspective, Bangladesh could represent a meaningful long-term opportunity for Apple Services. Even a conservative scenario in which 1 million Bangladesh-based users spent an average of US$20 per year on paid Apple services would represent approximately US$20 million in annual gross service revenue. This is only an illustrative scenario, but it demonstrates the potential scale of the opportunity as Apple's user base and digital consumption continue to grow.
Official support for Bangladesh could provide several benefits to Apple and its customers:
• Enable local billing addresses and locally issued international payment cards.
• Reduce customers' dependence on foreign-country Apple Accounts, overseas payment methods, and unofficial workarounds.
• Increase recurring revenue opportunities from iCloud+, Apple Music, Apple TV, Apple Arcade, App Store purchases, and other Apple services.
• Improve customer trust and payment convenience for existing and future Apple users.
• Give Apple a stronger opportunity to understand and serve the Bangladeshi market.
I fully understand that introducing Apple Media Services in a new country involves regulatory, taxation, payment processing, foreign-exchange, content licensing, compliance, customer support, and operational considerations. I respectfully request that Apple evaluate Bangladesh as a potential market while taking these factors into consideration.
One of the key challenges currently faced by Bangladesh-based Apple users is the inability to select Bangladesh as an Apple Media Services country/region and use a genuine Bangladeshi residential address for billing. This creates unnecessary friction for customers who wish to purchase Apple's services using legitimate locally issued payment cards.
I respectfully request Apple to consider:
Adding Bangladesh as an official Apple Media Services/App Store country or region;
Supporting Bangladesh billing addresses and locally issued international payment cards;
Introducing official Bangladesh pricing for services such as iCloud+ and other subscriptions; and
Providing a compliant mechanism for existing Bangladesh-based Apple users to transition to a Bangladesh-based Apple Account while retaining access to their existing iCloud data and purchases.
I believe Bangladesh has the potential to become a valuable and sustainable Apple Services market. Official regional support would create a more seamless experience for customers while also opening a meaningful long-term commercial opportunity for Apple.
Thank you for taking the time to consider this request. I sincerely hope Apple will evaluate the potential of Bangladesh and consider introducing official Apple Media Services support in the country.
I would appreciate it if this feedback could be forwarded to the appropriate Apple team responsible for market availability and Apple Services expansion.
Kind regards,
Tarik ***
Apple User
Bangladesh
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