New Delhi: Owing to increases in customs duty for imported mobile phones, reference to Union Budget 2020 Apple increases its price on iPhone 8, iPhone 11 Pro and iPhone 11 Pro Max models from Monday.
The price hike is solely on the basis of customs duty hike on imported mobile phones and chargers. As the Import duty on Printed Circuit Board Assembly (PCBA) increased from 10 % to 20 % and its chargers from 15 %to 20 %.
But there would not be any increase in price on hot-selling models iPhone XR and iPhone 7 which are assembled in India by Foxconn and Wistron. The other exempted models include iPhone 11 and iPad, Apple Watch and Mac desktops.
The iPhone 11 Pro Max 64 GB will now be priced Rs 1,11,200, while the 256 GB model will be at Rs 1,25,200 and the 512 GB version at Rs 1,43,200.
Earlier, the iPhone 11 Pro Max price started at Rs 1,09,900.The iPhone 11 Pro 64 GB version will be priced Rs 1,01,200, 256 GB at Rs 1,15,200 and iPhone 11 Pro 512 GB at Rs 1,33,200. The iPhone 11 Pro used to start at Rs 99,900.
The iPhone 11 Pro Max 64 GB will now be priced Rs 1,11,200. The price hike is about Rs 1,300 on iPhone 11 Pro series. The iPhone 8 prices have also gone up.The iPhone 8+ 64GB model is now at Rs 50,600, 128GB at Rs 55,600 — up about Rs 700 from the earlier starting price of Rs 49,900. The iPhone 8 64 GB will cost Rs 40,500 and 128 GB at Rs 45,500.
Mobile phones were earlier exempted from 10 percent service welfare cess but it will now be re-imposed on imported handsets over and above existing 20 per cent basic customs duty in India.
