Apple Watch launched in India starting at Rs. 30900


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Apple has launched the Apple Watch in India, as it promised last month. It was unveiled back in September last year and went on sale in several countries in April earlier this year. Apple Watch has Retina display with Force Touch and Ion-X glass, a hardened glass for protection. The 38mm version has a 1.34-inch (272 x 340 pixels) AMOLED display at 326ppi and the 42mm version has a 1.54-inch (312 x 390 pixels) AMOLED display at 326ppi.

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It has built-in gyroscope, heart rate sensor, Taptic Engine that senses all the inputs and an Ambient light sensor for automatic brightness adjustment. The 38mm version measures, 38.6 x 33.3 x 10.5mm and the case weighs 25g, while the 42mm version measures, 42 x 35.9 x 10.5mm and the case weighs 30g. It has speaker for alerts and microphone for Siri, Apple’s voice activated assistant and comes with watchOS 2. It has Wi-Fi (802.11b/g/n 2.4GHz), Bluetooth 4.0 and NFC for Apple Pay.  It is IPX7 certified for water resistance, but it is not water proof.

As we already informed you, the base 38mm Apple Watch with Silver, Space Gray, Gold or Rose Gold Aluminium Case and Sport Band starts at Rs. 30,900 and the 42mm version of it will be priced at Rs. 34,900. It goes up to Rs. 14,20,000 for the 38mm Apple Watch Edition with 18-Carat Gold Case and Modern Buckle. Apple Watch band Sport Band for both the version in various colors start at Rs. 3,900 and goes up to Rs. 46,900 for the Link Bracelet band. Apple Watch is available through authorized resellers offline across India. It is also available from Flipkart online, but no details about other online retailers yet.


Author: Srivatsan Sridhar

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