 "Apple iPhone 7: Top five news from India launch")
Apple Inc.’s new iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus have hit the Indian stores on Friday. Business Standard brings to you top five news, views and analysis on Apple iPhone 7.
iPhone 7 receives good response in India
Positive consumer sentiment, coupled with aggressive offers by Apple’s trade partners in India, appears to have lured many to buy the new iPhone 7 and 7 Plus, launched on Friday. Conversations with general, modern and online trade across cities such as Mumbai, Delhi and Bengaluru — where long queues were seen on the day of the launch — reveal that around 100,000 units of the new phones were sold in the opening weekend, double of what was sold last year. Read More
Telcos, Flipkart cash in on iPhone 7 fever
The fight between telecom operators Reliance Jio and Airtel for a share of the market is playing out around the iPhone 7. Reliance Jio said consumers purchasing a new iPhone 7 or iPhone 7 Plus at Reliance Digital stores, select Apple premium resellers and Apple authorised resellers would get 12 months of complimentary Jio Digital Services worth Rs 18,000, including unlimited local, STD calls and unlimited text, 20 GB of 4G data, 40 GB of Wi-Fi data and unlimited night 4G data. Read more
Apple iPhone 7 Plus: More than just a phone
I have got to admit I was never a fan of big-screen phones or phablets. Thus, I wasn't very convinced when Apple came out with their Plus line of devices. Then the Samsung Galaxy S7 edge compelled me to look hard at phones as one's primary candid camera. And, since the iPhone 7 Plus was unveiled, I was itching to give it a look - so what if it's a phablet. Shifting from my iPhone 5s to the 7 Plus was like trading a Fiat for a Ferrari. The 7 Plus was zippier, bigger and meaner, and a bit heavier than my 5s. Read more
Google Pixel may dent iPhone 7 hype
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Flipkart’s Binny Bansal delivers first iPhone 7
iPhone 7, the latest smartphone of Apple went on sale in India. In Bengaluru, Binny Bansal, co-founder and chief executive officer of Flipkart delivered the first iPhone 7 within 30 minutes of the official launch of the smartphone to a customer in its neighbourhood. Read more