iPhone 5 to cost Rs. 45,500 in India

As a follow-up to our earlier report about the launch of the iPhone5 news update, here is the latest news. The Apple iPhone 5 is expected to cost about Rs. 45,500.  There are two official distributors of the Apple gadgets in India, namely Ingram Micro and Redington India.

It is Redington India that has come up with the prices of the Apple gadget. According to the distributing company, the basic version – the 16GB version will cost Rs. 45,500.  If you wish to go for higher capacity phones, the prices are Rs. 52,500 for the 32GB version and Rs. 59,500 for the 64GB version.

Both versions of the phone – the black and the white are likely to be up for sale this coming Friday. Saholic and Infibeam – the online retailers have begun to accept the preorders for the phones. To book your phone now, you will have to pay Rs. 5000 for the basic version.

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iPhone 5 to hit Indian markets on November 2

After making millions of sales all over, Apple’s iPhone 5 is all set to make a grand entry in the Indian markets come next Friday. On November 2, the Apple gadget will be up for sale in retail stores in India. Are you interested in buying the device? Well, you will still have to wait for some more days.

But the wait is not until the phone launches. It is about the price tag. Apple has not yet made it public as to what price the phone will be sold for the Indian customers. So until the price tag is finalized, which will soon be, there is nothing one can decide about the iPhone 5 – to buy or not.

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But as the craze for the Apple products is so high, there should not be a problem for the customers going for the iPhone 5. The two official Apple distributors in India – Ingram Micro and Redington India will be supplying the phones to various retailers all over the country.

40 cities across India will see the launch of the iPhone 5. The phone that Apple has built on an A6 chip is twice faster than the A5 chip, which came in the last version of the iphone.

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The iPhone 5’s 64GB version costs Rs. 1 lakh

The iPhone 5 has been making news for various reasons of late. There is still a lot of time for the gadget to make its way to India as it falls in the third wave of the nations to get the Apple gadget. This means it will be at least the fag end of October before the Indian users can get the iPhone 5.

However, in some grey markets, the phone is available at this moment. And as expected, the costs of the phone are way too high. Out of the three versions of the phone, the basic version of 16GB memory costs around Rs. 76,000. The 32GB memory phone goes up to Rs. 85,000.

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            Read the comparison between iPhone 5 and iPhone 4

And here is the bombshell – the top end model of the phone can make you poorer by a six-figure mark of Rs. 1, 00,000 flat. Yes, the iPhone 5 with the 64 GB memory costs that much right now. The reports claim that the latest Apple device is easy to repair that either the iPhone 4 or the iPhone 4S.

Well, it is hard to say right now, which Indian buyers will be going for that big an amount to buy a phone from the grey market. Most of the users could prefer waiting for the official launch of the phone by the end of October.