Apple iPhone 7, Watch Series 2 to go on sale today

Unveiled at a keynote in Cupertino last month, the Apple iPhone 7 and Watch Series 2 will go on sale in India starting today. Announced on September 7, the iPhones first went on sale and a few selected countries on September 16 followed by the second phase launch on September 23 and are coming to India within one month of the global launch.

The iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus will be available across Apple resellers along with traditional retail channel as well as popular ecommerce portals. Both, the Apple resellers and online portals such as Flipkart and Amazon has been accepting pre-orders for the new iPhones and has promised to deliver the phones on the launch date itself. Reports are suggesting that instead of mid-night launch, retailers will start selling the new iPhones only at 7PM on October 7.

Apple has launched an iPhone 7 and an iPhone 7 Plus, measuring a 4.7inch and a 5.5inch display (respectively). Both the iPhones runs on Apple A10 chipset  along with iOS 10 and are water and dust resistant. The iPhone 7 packs in a 12MP new rear camera whereas the 7Plus has a dual camera system with an additional telephoto lens. Both the phones have optical image stabilization. With the iPhone 7, Apple has doubled the storage capacity on all its iPhones - 32GB, 128GB and 256GB capacities. There are two new colours too - black and jet black. The iPhone 7 32GB has been priced at Rs 60,000, 128GB for 70,000 and 256GB for 80,000. The iPhone 7Plus 32GB will retail for Rs 72,000, 128GB for 82,000 and 256GB for Rs 92,000.

The Apple Watch Series 2 will also go on sale with the starting price of Rs 32,900. It looks similar to the first generation Apple Watch yet is faster, brighter, swim resistance, has built-in GPS and comes with Watch OS 3.The Apple Watch Series 2 is swim proof, with Water resistant for up to 50 meters.  Apple claims to have redesigned the speaker on the new Watch so that the speaker actually has a mechanism that pushes out water. It comes with the S2 chipset and 2x display brighter at 1000 nits. Apple Watch is available in two different case sizes, 38 mm and 42 mm.

There is also an Apple Watch Nike+ with a stretchable, breathable band with aluminium case for Rs 32,900 and a White Apple Watch made of ceramic for Rs 1,10,900 which will go on sale later this month. Apple continues to sell the Apple Watch Series 1 and it will now retail for Rs 23,900 onwards.