BENGALURU: Apple’s new iPhone X, which costs around a lakh of rupees, was sold out within a few minutes of being available for pre-orders on e-commerce platforms at noon on Friday. The phones were available for pre-order on Flipkartand Amazon. The iPhone X with 64GB memory is priced at Rs 89,000 and the 256GB version is priced at Rs 1,02,000.
The phones were available online with bank cashback offers, in addition to exchange offers, adding up to a discount of Rs 30,000-35,000. Amazon was also giving 70 per cent buyback guarantee on iPhone X for those using a Reliance Jioconnection. Flipkart also had a similar offer of buyback up to Rs 52,000.
An Amazon spokesperson told TOI in a statement, “Apple iPhone X went on pre-order on Amazon.in today. Within a few minutes of the pre-orders the smartphone went out of stock as customers grabbed these smartphones.” It is not clear how many units were on offer on Flipkart and Amazon.
The iPhone X comes with super retina edge-toedge 5.8-inch display with 2436×1125-pixel resolution (higher than full HD). The Apple phone comes with face recognition, a first for a flagship product from any smartphone manufacturer.This is the first ever iPhone to come with an OLED display with Dolby vision and HDR10 support. The smartphone comes with an all-glass body with a polished, steel band seamlessly wrapped around the phone.
Apple CEO Tim Cook has been very bullish about the potential for Apple to grow in India. He had mentioned that India’s 4G rollout led by Jio was among the fastest 4G rollouts in the world.
In the UK, the device sold out within minutes. By midmorning, customers were being told they would have to wait four to six weeks before the phone became available, reported Bloomberg. And if New Yorkers didn’t stay up all night, they were likely out of luck. By early morning on the East Coast, Apple’s website was already registering a wait of as much as six weeks.
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