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Quick commerce firm Blinkit on Friday said it has partnered with Apple Premium Reseller Unicorn to deliver iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus to customers within 10 minutes of placing orders. The facility will be available in Delhi-NCR, Mumbai, Pune, and Bengaluru, the company said. "We are thrilled to partner with Unicorn APR this year as well to deliver iPhone 15 within minutes... we are certain this will lead to pure joy for our customers who appreciate the convenience of getting highly anticipated products delivered to their doorstep, almost instantly," Blinkit Co-Founder and CEO Albinder Dhindsa said in the statement. Dhindsa in a social media post said Blinkit can deliver iPhones to customers within 10 minutes. "Apple iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus are now live on the Blinkit platform across Delhi-NCR, Mumbai, Pune, and Bengaluru," the statement said. Apple on Friday started selling the new models, which comes in the price range of Rs 79,900 to Rs 1,99,900 apiece. Blinkit had partn
In early August, weeks before Apple's yearly flagship launches, global chief executive Tim Cook reiterated his optimism about the information technology (IT) multinational's future in India. He presented a glimpse of Apple's plan for the market and efforts taken by it that had already translated into results. While the India story was not unfounded, Apple's market share by end-September in the global smartphones market dipped below 12 per cent, more than 10 percentage points behind rival Samsung. Data from American research and advisory firm Gartner show from 17.9 per cent in the December quarter of 2016, its share steadily went down to 11.9 per cent during July-September. It had the top spot last year, marginally higher than Samsung at 17.8 per cent; now, its sales are 88 per cent lower. The trend in India, however, is a contrast. After growing its volume sales by over 30 per cent last year to 2.5 million units, Apple seems likely to beat its own feat. Counterpoint Research says ...