New Delhi: Pre-booking for the latest Apple iPhone 6 series will start in India from October 7.
“iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus will be available in India beginning Friday, October 17, from an expansive network of Apple Authorized Resellers. Customers can pre-order iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus beginning Tuesday, October 7,” Apple India said in a statement on Monday.
While the company did not announce the price, there are various reports quoting iPhone 6 at Rs 53,500 for the 16GB model and iPhone 6 Plus at Rs 62,500. However, the company said, “Pricing details will be soon made available by Apple’s partners: Ingram Micro, Redington, Rashi Peripherals and Reliance.”
Both the iPhones, 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 8 MP rear camera and 1.2 MP front camera and support 2G, 3G and 4G network.
The two models are different in terms of their size. While iPhone 6 has 4.7 inch screen, iPhone 6 plus has 5.5 inch display. Compared to a thickness of 7.6 mm of iPhone 5S, the sixth generation 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 reduced to Rs 30,000 on an e-commerce website.
According to research firm IDC, Samsung is the market leader with 25.2% share of the global smartphone market, followed by Apple (11.9%) and Huawei (6.9%) during the second quarter of 2014.
A total of 295.3 million smartphones were shipped in the April-June 2014 quarter, up 23.1% from 240 million in the same period last year.