  Apple which is believed to be planning for aggressive marketing in India’s small towns in the coming months has announced that its iPhone 5s and iPhone 5c would be coming to India before Diwali.
iPhone 5S and iPhone 5C have a price tag of Rs $649 and $549, respectively in the US priced in their 16GB variant. Though their price in India has not been revealed, they could be purchased at Rs 40,000 and Rs 50,000 respectively.
The maker of iPhones and iPads has announced that these phones will be up for sale in more than a dozen countries on November 1, including India.
iPhone 5S which the company claims is the most forward thinking phone anyone has ever made. The device is made of high-grade aluminum.
iphone 5s comes with a fingerprint identity sensor built into the home button. The company says that the iPhone 5S is the "world's first and only smartphone" with a 64-bit chip. It features The Apple iPhone 5s also has a 4-inch Retina display.
The iPhone 5C is made from the 'incredible technology' of the iPhone 5. The phone runs on A6 processor, the same as iPhone 5. The phone has a slightly larger battery than iPhone 5. The iPhone 5c has a 4-inch Retina display.
The device sports an 8-megapixel rear camera. It has a new HD Face Time feature on the front, which according to Apple supports larger pixels.
Apple said that it supports more LTE bands than any other smartphone in the world. Dual-band Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 4.0.
This smartphone will be available in green, white, blue, pink, and yellow colours.
In coming months it is going to focus on iPhones, iPads and iPods, to be marketed in stores-within-stores in India.
Apple’s rival Samsung is the top smartphone seller in India with a volume share of 36% compared to Apple's 2% in the April-June quarter.
Apple is also planning to make its presence felt in the smaller towns of the country by opening 100 exclusive "standalone" stores.
Apple launched these handsets last month in the United States, China and markets reported a sale of nine million sold in the first three days. |