iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 pre-orders will commence on Friday, September 22 and telecom upstart Jio[1] will be offering several plans to lure Apple[2] fans. The company will be taking pre-orders for the new iPhone 8 models at Reliance Digital outlets, Jio Stores, and Jio.com website between September 22 and September 29. The company will be offering cashbacks, buyback guarantee, and exclusive plans to buyers of the new iPhone models to make the deal sweeter. iPhone 8[3] and iPhone 8 Plus[4] will start shipping in India on September 29, and both will come in 64GB and 256GB variants.
Jio iPhone 8 pre-order offers
Consumers who book iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus between September 22 and September 29 will be eligible for Rs. 10,000 cashback on the purchase. In order to claim the offer, they will need to make the purchase via Citibank credit card. This will bring down the effective price of the base 64GB iPhone 8 model to Rs. 54,000, while the 256GB model will drop to Rs. 67,000. Similarly, the effective prices of the 64GB and 256GB iPhone 8 Plus will become Rs. 63,000 and Rs. 76,000, respectively.
Apart from the cashback, consumers who purchase the new iPhone 8 models from Reliance Digital, Jio.com, Jio Store, and MyJio app will also get 70 percent cashback if they return the handset after a year. So someone who bought the iPhone 8 Plus 256GB for its full price of Rs. 86,000, they will get back Rs. 60,200 upon returning the phone after a year of using it.
Jio will also launch an exclusive tariff plan for the two Apple smartphones. The iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus buyers...