As the highly anticipated sale of the iPhone 16 started in India, eager customers lined up outside Apple’s flagship stores in Mumbai and Delhi.
A video shared by news agency ANI showed a large number of people standing in a queue outside the company's stores in Mumbai and Delhi awaiting the release of the new devices.
On September 9, California tech giant Apple officially unveiled the iPhone 16, its first smartphone specially designed to incorporate artificial intelligence (AI). The iPhone 16 series, includes the iPhone 16, iPhone 16 Plus, iPhone 16 Pro, and iPhone 16 Pro Max.
The starting price for the iPhone 16 series is set at Rs 79,900. The iPhone 16 Pro is priced Rs 15,000 lower than last year’s iPhone 15 Pro, which launched at Rs 1,34,900. The new series models have color-infused back glass and are available in shades of ultramarine, teal, pink, white, and black.
iPhone 16: new features, new Watches, new AirPods
Those hardware features include the new A18 chip, an aluminum back and a new customizable camera button on the iPhone 16 and iPhone 16 Plus, while Apple also unveiled iPhone 16 Pro and 16 Pro Max, titanium models with a faster chip, the A18 Pro, and enhanced AI capability.
As part of the launch, Apple also unveiled new Watches and AirPods, emphasizing their use in sporting and health environments.
In addition to improved comfort, fit and acoustics, Apple have also fitted out their new AirPods with a professional hearing-aid feature, which it has submitted for US regulatory review.
