Apple’s India partners have confirmed that the much awaited iPhone 5 will be reaching India today. Apple is likely to make an announcement shortly.
Lack of compatible networks notwithstanding, the starting price for an upgrade will be Rs. 45,500 for the 16 GB variant getting higher with a model with higher storage.
Apple’s official distributors Ingram Micro and Redington India will start supplying iPhone 5 from Friday to retailers. iPhone 5 will be launched in 40 cities in India.
According to Redington, the smartphone will be priced starting at Rs.44,500 for the 16 GB variant. The iPhone 5 32 GB version will retail at Rs.52,500 while the 62 GB version will be priced at Rs.59,500.
iPhone 5 measures 7.6 millimetres thin and weighs 112 grams which is 18 per cent thinner and 20 per cent lighter than iPhone 4S.
This new version of iPhone 5 has 4-inch display.
Source: India Today
