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Apple to launch the iPhone 5S and 5C in India by Oct 20th

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Bharat Nagpal

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Apple yesterday announced the iPhone 5S and iPhone 5C, two new iPhones that are set to replace and enhance the experience you get from the current generation iPhone 5.

In the US and several other countries the Apple iPhone 5S and 5C will go on sale starting September 20th 2013, however no concrete information was available on their launch dates in India.

Apple sources close to iGyaan have let us know that Apple India is planning to bring the new iPhone 5C and the 5S to India as early as Oct 20th. The iPhone 5C which will be a replacement of the iPhone 5 will actually cost as much as the iPhone 5 does today, Rs. 44500 for 16GB. This is thanks to the inflated costs of Dollar vs Indian Rupee. The iPhone 5s however will launch for upwards of Rs. 50,000 for the 16GB variant making the 64 GB iPhone 5s the most expensive smartphone till date in India, since it will cross the Rs. 65,000 barrier.

Apple saw a 400% growth in the past year in India, and it thanks quick availability and easy payment schemes for it. Last year Apple was able to sell out its initial stock of 20,000 iPhone 5 units in one day, this year the company plans to bring in over 100,000 units at the time of launch, this number will include a variation of iPhone 5C and iPhone 5S in all colors.

India as a market has shown some real potential, and Apple wishes to remain at the forefront of technology. We have been planning the launch for over a month prior to the announcement yesterday, and it should happen in Oct, if the Cupertino office is in line with our Ideas.

Many claim that Apple may not have the same impact in the market with the iPhone 5C or iPhone 5S as they did with the iPhone 5, because of the lack of innovation in these new products.

Apple is hoping that the new Touch ID security features will enable a lot of business folks, who prefer Samsung phones/ Blackberry devices, to easily pick the iPhone 5S thanks to the rock solid security.

Comments

62 responses to “Apple to launch the iPhone 5S and 5C in India by Oct 20th”

  1. NKR's Avatar
    NKR’s

    is it true? that i phone is in only 6300…..plzz give me details

    Reply
  2. Prachit7 Avatar
    Prachit7

    If I get an unlocked version of the 16 gb gold iphone 5s directly from the apple store in Detroit, what will it cost me? And, will it smoothly run carriers in India? Eg airtel, Vodafone etc.

    Reply
  3. likhith Avatar
    likhith

    will this release reduce the price of Iphone 4 and 4s?

    Reply
  4. vishnu Avatar
    vishnu

    dirty apple company they hve cheted thy tld 5c is cming in 6,500 and nw 45,000 i hate it nowwwwwwwwwwww

    Reply
    1. gaurav yadav Avatar
      gaurav yadav

      Ya right..they came in ur dream and told u so.

      Reply
    2. Vikas Avatar
      Vikas

      try voting for a better government next time. By the way these phones become costly because Congress needs it to feed to its corrupt MPS & MLAs. Grow up Apple hater

      Reply
    3. SUV Avatar
      SUV

      HEY THATS IN CONTRACT WITH THE CELLULAR COMPANIES E.g VODAFONE, AIRTEL. THE MINIMUM CONTRACT PERIOD IS 2 YEARS AND PLANS START FROM RS 1000.

      Reply
  5. Arun Sharma Avatar
    Arun Sharma

    What would be exact price in India for iPhone 5C and 5S?

    Reply
  6. ameya Avatar
    ameya

    i’d expect iPhone 5S, the upgraded version of iPhone 5 to be priced at 44,500 as was the case when iPhone 5 (upgraded version of 4S) was launched. 4S was priced at 44,500 and when iPhone 5 was launched, prices of 4S dipped to 38,000. so if 5C replaces iPhone 5, prices of iPhone 5C should hit 38000 unto 52000 but 5S should come in at 44,500 all the way unto 59,500 for 64 GB model

    Reply
  7. kashish Avatar
    kashish

    Please recommend me a good powerful phone under 25k

    Reply
  8. usman Avatar
    usman

    please recommend me a powerful android device in a budget of rs 25000

    Reply
  9. Mike Avatar
    Mike

    If anyone is interested in purchasing an iPhone 5S, I’ll be getting several on release day in Los Angeles, CA. Email me at [email protected]
    Thanks!

    Reply
    1. Pravat Avatar
      Pravat

      I need One Unlocked

      Reply
    2. praneeth Avatar
      praneeth

      i need one with unlocked..

      Reply
  10. Karan Rathore Avatar
    Karan Rathore

    i dont get what is the price of 5s somewhere it shows 50000 nad somewhere around 13000,even in newspaper it show 13000

    Reply
    1. Apple Rules Avatar
      Apple Rules

      13000 or 200$ is for locked version and for unlocked its 549$ and 649$ respectively

      Reply
  11. rohit Avatar
    rohit

    what if someone buys iphone 5c in usa for contract for $99 (rs 6300) and comes back to india permanently :p

    Reply
    1. Apple Rules Avatar
      Apple Rules

      Keep on jailbreaking it, it won’t work smoothly and you will have to keep on running to local stores.

      FYI- Jailbreak for IOS7 isn’t available yet :P

      Reply
  12. Angad Singh Avatar
    Angad Singh

    LACK of Innovation???? WTH?? I am tired of explaining… I already did on techcrunch!! I will do a detail thing on my Blog! I called it Techgoggles check it out later!

    Reply
  13. Anonoymous Rasik Avatar
    Anonoymous Rasik

    cant belive world is full of fools … how iphone survive in front of such gr8 tech by samasung and sony … serious fools ..

    Reply
    1. Kshitij sinha Avatar
      Kshitij sinha

      Aaj tak apple ka phone chalaya bhi hai kya bhai tumne..chala kar dekho and u will know who the real fool is and who sucks(your laggy giant or my apple device)

      Reply
      1. JiMxxFuXk Avatar
        JiMxxFuXk

        yea i had it and i have to say that was the biggest mistake i made in my life

        Reply
  14. chandran T.G Avatar
    chandran T.G

    hi frnds is it possible to break de contract after gettin activated ??

    Reply
    1. sravan varma Avatar
      sravan varma

      you need to pay the remaining amount to clear your contract….

      Reply
  15. Adil Husain Avatar
    Adil Husain

    Thats to much for a plastic built iPhone….. Its better to buy a I phone 5 with aluminium body than buying a iPhone 5c

    Reply
    1. Jackson Joshua Avatar
      Jackson Joshua

      iPhone 5 is removed from the stock bro. I dont think they will manufacture 5

      Reply
      1. Adil Husain Avatar
        Adil Husain

        Yea or else people wud but that

        Reply
  16. Amer Backstreet Guy Avatar
    Amer Backstreet Guy

    Its better to wait and go for Nexus 5

    Reply
    1. Harish Hopper Bhagavathula Avatar
      Harish Hopper Bhagavathula

      Moto X

      Reply
      1. Amer Backstreet Guy Avatar
        Amer Backstreet Guy

        no dude its nexus 5

        Reply
    2. amitgb Avatar
      amitgb

      That’s right.

      Reply
  17. Manohar Maddineni Avatar
    Manohar Maddineni

    Will Apple open up a store in India?

    Reply
    1. Harish Hopper Bhagavathula Avatar
      Harish Hopper Bhagavathula

      what do you mean by store ? we already have i-stores by apple here..

      Reply
      1. Siddharth Hire Avatar
        Siddharth Hire

        Its all over india. YOU DUMBFOOL.

        Reply
        1. ameya Avatar
          ameya

          these are i-stores, promoted by reliance. hes asking for apple store, owned and run by apple and with excellent tech and after sales support.

        2. amitgb Avatar
          amitgb

          Please clear you facts before abusing someone…He means “Apple” owned stores…

        3. Manohar Maddineni Avatar
          Manohar Maddineni

          Please stop that. I meant APPLE STORE. Not the I-Store.

        4. Jackson Joshua Avatar
          Jackson Joshua

          Indian Government regulations requires that branded stores must source 30 percent of their stock from Indian companies which Apple cannot do since Apple already has global supply manufacturing units in China and US already. But they have road maps ahead on this.

        5. Apple Rules Avatar
          Apple Rules

          DUDE, they all are franchise not the apple store you moron.

          Before pointing someone as dumb check your iq you idiot, none of the apple store throughout the world has name in form of istore , iworld , imagine etc etc.

          DUMBFOOL

        6. Sudheer Salavadi Avatar
          Sudheer Salavadi

          They are Imagine and Reliance iStores. Not official Apple Stores. U dumbfool..

      2. Manohar Maddineni Avatar
        Manohar Maddineni

        Not the istores. APPLE STORES like the one below

        Reply
    2. satish Avatar
      satish

      they planned to open it in mumbai in 2012 !later i don’t know wt happend !

      Reply
    3. Kanishka Avatar
      Kanishka

      There Already are Apple stores in India
      the best is in Bengaluru

      Reply
  18. Rushikesh Pardeshi Avatar
    Rushikesh Pardeshi

    but it says only $99

    Reply
    1. Nilesh Avatar
      Nilesh

      Thats with contract in US my friend,..in india they will sell w/o contract..

      Reply
      1. satish Avatar
        satish

        with out contract it will be around RS 40,000 in india ! do u think apple guys r dumb to cell for RS 7000 ( 5c ) in india market !! iphone 5 and iph 5c don’t have much diff xcept plastic body ! so don’t dream of it like chepa android mobls !

        Reply
    2. Harish Hopper Bhagavathula Avatar
      Harish Hopper Bhagavathula

      $99 is on a 2 year contract for U.S locked networks.. Unlocked iPhones are definitely hundreds of dollars costlier than the locked ones and so is $549 for the 5C

      Reply
    3. amitgb Avatar
      amitgb

      I really pity when people see this $99 price & think they can get it under Rs. 6500/-
      Man, this is a price in US (With Contract)…Don’t apply the conversion logic for price….Even in US, a unlocked version $549 or $649.

      Reply
      1. rohit Avatar
        rohit

        then even here they shld hv a contract system in india! so we can buy it for 6500 Rs with 2 yrs contract with vodafone/airtel etc.

        Reply
        1. amitgb Avatar
          amitgb

          Yes sure, why not? Are you ready to get a iPhone for Rs. 6500/- with a contract for 2 years with monthly payment as $70 ??? (means Rs. 4200) ????? That is what happens in US. The monthly plan is around $60-$90

  19. manav Avatar
    manav

    how much would iphone 5c & iphone 5s cost in india?

    Reply
    1. Abhishek Kamboj Avatar
      Abhishek Kamboj

      read tthe post man indicative prices are there..!!!

      Reply
      1. manav Avatar
        manav

        iphone 5c is so called as “budget phone”, then why in india its still priced at 44500 it could be arround 18000-20000

        Reply
        1. Chirag Vashishtha Avatar
          Chirag Vashishtha

          Because it is “apple”

        2. Harish Hopper Bhagavathula Avatar
          Harish Hopper Bhagavathula

          If you check the specs again, 5C is nothing but a price drop of iphone-5.. It’s the same phone in cheap plastic and so the price difference with it..

        3. Kanishka Avatar
          Kanishka

          Oh dude
          Decided what you want
          first you run after Phones like Samsung S4 which are made of Cheaper plastic material which they call it a design to make the phone lighter
          I wont be wrong if I say weaker the phone is so freaking sensitive that it breaks into Two pieces .
          SO when apple saw people running for Such Cheap Plastics they Launch one too !

        4. amitgb Avatar
          amitgb

          True, Even I expected it to below 25K.

        5. Aditya Avatar
          Aditya

          Apple never called it as a cheap alternative! So why will they launch at a cheaper price!? :/

        6. amitgb Avatar
          amitgb

          I guess the “C” stands for “Cheap” :D :D :D…kidding…

        7. Chets Avatar
          Chets

          Who said its officially priced at 44500?

        8. Kanishka Avatar
          Kanishka

          Why Don’t you Pay 40k for Samsung phones even they are made of plastics ?why don’t you ask them to offer it for 5k?
          it is SO called “Budget phone” cause rest models cost higher
          So for us it is a budget phone !

        9. Apple Rules Avatar
          Apple Rules

          YUP, True True

          Apple didn’t said that its a budget phone. It was media who was anticipating things

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