Apple iPhone 6, 6 Plus go on sale in India

Apple has started selling its iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus smartphones in India.

It is the first time that Apple is making the iPhone available at midnight in India, in line with the practice it follows elsewhere.

Apple premium retailers and authorized dealers delivered phones to customers who had pre-ordered them by making partial payments. The company has reportedly 50,000 to 55,000 units of its new iPhones to India in the first phase to ensure there is adequate supplies for Thursday midnight's launch. It has received 21,000 pre-orders as of Tuesday.

The 16GB version of Apple iPhone 6 is available at Rs 53,500, while the 64GB version is priced at Rs 62,500. The 128GB version of the phone sells for Rs 71,500.

The 16GB version of Apple iPhone 6 Plus is available at Rs 62,500, while the 64GB version is priced at Rs 71,500. The 128GB version of the phone sells for Rs 80,500.

Apple iPhone 6 and 6 Plus are being sold by the company's distribution partners, namely Ingram Micro, Redington, Rashi Peripherals and Reliance.

The previous version of iPhone was launched in India for price starting at Rs 53,500 which was recently priced at around Rs 30,000 a unit on an e-commerce website.

Just to recap, the two iPhone models take Apple to the big-screen smartphone segment, sporting 4.7- and 5.5-inch screens respectively. The iPhone 6's 4.7-inch display sports a resolution of 1334x750p, while the iPhone 6 Plus' 5.5-inch display sports a resolution of 1920x1080p. iPhone 6 and 6 Plus are the thinnest ever Apple has ever made. iPhone 5S and 5 are 7.6mm thick, but iPhone 6 and 6 Plus are even thinner at 6.8mm and 7.1mm respectively.



Powered by the new A8 processor, iPhone 6 is up to 50% more energy efficient, so you can have higher sustained performance, claimed Apple. The 64-bit CPU architecture-based A8 processor is 20% faster in application processing and 50% faster in rendering graphics compared to its predecessor. It is able to sustain performance-intensive tasks like playing a game at higher frame rates.

The two iPhone 6 models sport an 8MP iSight camera that features phase detection. Despite no increase in camera resolution, iPhone 6 takes 43MP panorama photos.