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Apple Senior Vice President of Worldwide Marketing at Phil Schiller unveils iPhone 5C on September 10, 2013 in Cupertino, California. The iPhone 5C will run on iOS 7 and is made from hard-coated polycarbonate and comes in various colors. (Getty Images/AFP)
Cupertino-based Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) has confirmed UAE pricing of its two new iPhones, the iPhone 5s and the iPhone 5c, with the new smartphones being launched a couple of days later in in the GCC than in India, Turkey and 11 other countries.
Emirates 24|7 is happy to note that the prices are in line with what our sources had earlier confirmed and as was published two weeks ago on our website. Read: iPhone 5s, 5c official UAE availability announced.
iPhone 5c UAE prices start at Dh2,199 for the 16GB version and Dh2,599 for its 32GB variant.
iPhone 5s UAE prices begin at Dh2,599 for 16GB, Dh2,999 for 32GB and Dh3,399 for the 64GB version of Apple’s high-end smartphone.
No indication yet on whether the ‘gold’ model iPhone 5s will be as freely available as the others but the Apple Store does mention that the new smartphones will be available from November 3, 2013, instead of the earlier announced November 1, 2013.
Earlier this month, Apple had officially announced that the iPhone 5s and the colourful iPhone 5c will be available in more than a dozen countries on Friday, November 1, including the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, India and Mexico. Later, however, the form said that the new phones will hit 11 countries on November 1 while UAE, Saudi Arabia and Bahrain will see a launch on November 3, 2013.
The new iPhone 5s introduces the fingerprint-lock, or Touch ID, and is Apple’s fastest selling smartphone yet even as analysts are not so kicked about the sales of the colourful iPhone 5c, which they believe isn’t priced cheap enough to entice new, non-Apple customers.
iPhone 5s and iPhone 5c both come with Apple’s new operating system, the iOS 7, which boasts of plenty of new features, including AirDrop and iTunes Radio, a free Internet radio service based on the music users listen to on iTunes.
Apple has said that iPhone 5s, iPhone 5c and cases for both phones will be available through the Apple Online Store, the company’s retail stores and select authorized resellers. Every customer who buys an iPhone 5s or iPhone 5c at an Apple retail store will be offered free Personal Setup service, helping them customize their iPhone by setting up email, showing them new apps from the App Store.
Besides the UAE, Apple has also delayed the launch of the new iPhones by a couple of days in Saudi Arabia and Bahrain, where it gets launched on the same day as the UAE.
Both the phones are currently available in the US, Australia, Canada, China, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Japan, Puerto Rico, Singapore and the UK.
The new Apple smartphones will also be available on Friday, October 25 in Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, French West Indies, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macau, Malta, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Reunion Island, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan and Thailand.
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