You can pre-order your iPhone 7 and 7 Plus on Flipkart from tonight

 

Flipkart will start taking your pre-orders for Apple’s new iPhones, iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus, from September 29. The online marketplace will start selling the iPhones from October 7. This is going to be the first time that Apple has partnered with any Indian e-commerce company to sell its iPhones.

"Flipkart will offer iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus... beginning on October 7," Flipkart said in a statement.

The iPhones can be pre-ordered from September 29 at 23:59 hours on Flipkart. The 32 GB variant of the smartphone will be available at a starting price of Rs. 60,000 in India. The pricing of the other models has not been disclosed yet.

The iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus will be available in 32GB, 128GB and 256GB storage variants in silver, gold and rose gold colors. The new jet black color variant will come only in 128GB and 256GB variants.

iPhone 7 is featuring a 4.7-inch display with 3D touch, while iPhone 7Plus comes with a 5.5-inch Retina HD display with 3D touch. Both the iPhones are powered by a new quad-core Apple A10 Fusion processor, and it is claimed to be 40 per cent faster than the previous generation.
The phones will be iOs 10 powered. iPhone 7 will be featuring a 12MP iSight camera and 4K video recording. The iPhone 7Plus model has dual 12MP rear cameras and one wide-angle and a telephoto lens. The handsets come with IP67 rating, signifying the fact that it is water and dust resistant, a first for the Apple smartphone.

The home button in the new iPhone smartphones is now touch sensitive and uses a new Taptic engine for better response. Apple has also removed the 3.5mm audio jack and will feature airpods.

The company, as the company’s CEO Tim Cook said, is betting on Indian market as India has proved itself to be a good market in past when it comes to iPhones.

"In the first three quarters of this fiscal year, our iPhone sales in India were up 51 per cent year-on-year," said Apple CEO Tim Cook.
(image: Indiatimes)