Barely a couple of days after the government announced[1] its decision to hike import tax on mobile phones, video cameras, and televisions, Apple[2] has updated prices across the entire iPhone range, apart from the iPhone SE[3].
On Friday, the government said that mobile imports will now be taxed at 15 percent instead of 10 percent, an increase of 5 percentage points, as part of a decision designed to help curb supplies from overseas and build up the domestic industry. On Monday, Apple increased iPhone India prices by around 3.5 percentage on average, with the iPhone 6[4] seeing the highest price increase in percentage terms (4.3 percent), while the 256GB iPhone 8[5] has seen a price increase of only 3.1 percent.
The iPhone 6 is now priced at Rs. 30,780 (earlier Rs. 29,500), while the iPhone X[6] now starts at Rs. 92,430 instead of Rs. 89,000. The iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus[7] will now start at a MRP of Rs. 66,120 and Rs. 75,450 respectively, compared to Rs. 64,000 and Rs. 73,000 earlier. The iPhone 7[8] and iPhone 7 Plus[9] will now start at Rs. 50,810 and Rs. 61,060 respectively, while the iPhone 6s[10] and iPhone 6s Plus[11] starting price will now be Rs. 41,550 and Rs. 50,740 respectively.
As mentioned earlier, the only iPhone model unaffected by the price hike is the iPhone SE, which is being assembled in India[12] by Wistron since May this year, and thus is exempt from import tax.
The updated pricing of the entire iPhone range is as follows:
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