Apple has officially raised the prices of its current flagship smartphones, the iPhone 11 Pro and 11 Pro Max in India. The hike in price arrived after the Indian Government increased the Basic Custom Duty rates (BCD) after the newly recent union budget was publicly announced.
The iPhone 11 Pro series wasn’t the only device affected as the iPhone 8 series prices have also been affected. Notably, other Apple smartphones like the iPhone XR and iPhone 7 prices will not be affected as the Cupertino based giant has been assembling these models locally within India through its known manufacturers Foxconn and Wistron.
Furthermore, iPhone 11 prices will also remain unchanged as the company decided to absorb the cost after the increased customs duty. Apple’s other gadget offerings like the prices of the Apple Watch, Mac and iPads are unaffected as well. So now, the iPhone 11 Pro Max 64GB variant is priced at 1,11,200 INR while the 256GB variant is offered at 1,25,000 INR and 512GB variant arrives at 1,43,200 INR. Previously, the model started from 1,09,900 INR in India.
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Similarly, the iPhone 11 Pro 64GB version is now priced at 1,01,200 INR while the 256GB version now sells for 1,15,200 INR and 512GB carries a price tag of 1,33,200 INR. The smartphone was originally priced at 99,900 INR. Finally, the iPhone 8 Plus 64GB variant will no sell for 50,600 INR and its 128GB variant will be priced at 55,600 INR. The base iPhone 8 64GB now costs 40,500 and the 128GB version is now sold for 45,500.
Thus, a price hike varying from 1,300 to 700 INR can be observed in the aforementioned Apple iPhones. In 2019, Apple saw one of its best performances in India as it finished sith in Q4 of 2019. Its the highest ranking the company has ever reported on since 2013, according to Canalys. Apple sold over 925,000 iPhones in the final quarter which is nearly double that of the same quarter from the previous year.
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