iPhone 7 at Rs. 7,777 Down Payment With New Airtel Rs. 2,499 Plan

HIGHLIGHTS

• • iPhone 7 available at Rs. 7,777 down payment
  • Airtel’s new Online Store offering 24-month instalments
  • The offer includes Rs. 2,499 postpaid plan

As a part of Airtel’s newly launched plan, the brand is offering its customers iPhone 7 at a down payment of Rs. 7,777. The offer is exclusively available on the telecom operator’s new Online Store. On top of the down payment, Airtel customers would need to subscribe to its new Rs. 2,499 postpaid plan for 24 months to get access to iPhone 7 32GB. As per the plan, the customer would get 30GB data per month, unlimited calls, handset damage protection and a single free connection for any other family member. The Apple iPhone 7 32GB is available for approximately Rs. 40,000 online these days.

So in total, an iPhone 7 buyer would end up spending a total of Rs. 59,976, plus the applicable taxes, in form of the installments. Add to this the Rs. 7,777 down payment, and you end up paying close to Rs. 70,000 for the handset over the two-year period.

For the iPhone 7 128GB, iPhone 7 Plus 32GB, and iPhone 7 Plus 128GB, the down payment is Rs. 16,300, Rs. 17,300, and Rs. 26,000, respectively. Of course, the Rs. 2,499 postpaid subscription for two years is applicable with these handsets also.

Airtel has joined hands with Apple, HDFC Bank, Clix Capital, Seynse Technologies, Brightstar Telecommunications, and Vulcan Express to provide offers on its Online Store. The company says that the new Online Store services will be presently available to customers in 21 cities pan India and will be extended to other cities and towns soon.

Announcing the new Online Store, Harmeen Mehta, Global CIO and Director, Engineering, Bharti Airtel said, “Imagine getting your dream device, instant credit to purchase it and a great plan to go with it, all available in one place with a few clicks. All this is a product of some leading-edge digital engineering by the in-house teams at Airtel. We would also like to thank our partners for integrating their APIs seamlessly with our platform to enable a great customer experience.”

Jio too has a partnership with Apple, under which it sells the iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus with 70 percent buyback guarantee to customers who wish to return the handset within a year. However, customers will have to pay the full price of the iPhone 8 models as a part of this offer.