New Delhi: The much-awaited iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus are now up for pre-booking in India at a starting price of Rs 53,500. Not only e-commerce majors Flipkart and Amazon, but authorised distributors of the iPhone 6 smartphones have also started taking pre-orders for the upcoming iPhone models in India. The Apple iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus will be available across retail stores in India from October 17.
Prices of the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus models are in the range of Rs 53,500 to 80,500 per unit. The iPhone 6 16GB is priced at Rs 53,500, while the 64GB and 128GB models will come at Rs 62,500 and Rs 71,500, respectively. The three iPhone 6 Plus models have been priced at Rs 62,500, 71,500 and Rs 80,500 respectively. However, the iPhone 6 series in India is priced about 10 to 17 per cent higher compared to its retail price in US.
Ingram Micro, one of the authorised distribuors, in a statement said that it will "offer iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus, the biggest advancements in iPhone history, at leading modern trade stores and retail outlets across India beginning 17.10.2014 at 12:01 AM". Other authorised distributors of iPhone are Redington, Rashi Peripherals and Reliance.
Both iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 plus come in three versions in terms of storage - 16 GB, 64 GB and 128 GB. Both the models have an 8 megapixel camera and a 1.2 megapixel front camera. The two models are different in terms of their size. While the iPhone 6 has a 4.7-inch screen, the iPhone 6 plus has a 5.5 inch display.
Compared to a thickness of 7.6 mm of iPhone 5S, the sixth generation iPhones has a thickness of 6.9 mm (iPhone 6) and 7.1 mm (iPhone 6 Plus), respectively.
The previous version of iPhone was launched in India for price starting at Rs 53,500 which was recently priced at around Rs 30,000 a unit on an e-commerce website.
According to research firm IDC, Samsung is the market leader with 25.2 per cent share of the global smartphone market, followed by Apple (11.9 per cent) and Huawei (6.9 per cent) during the second quarter of 2014.
A total of 295.3 million smartphones were shipped in the April-June 2014 quarter, up 23.1 per cent from 240 million in the same period last year.
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