Apple’s regional distributor and stockist for the Maldives, Soft Touch, announced Saturday that Apple’s latest volley, the iPhone 7 and 7 Plus, will be launched in the Maldives on September 23.
Soft Touch’s CEO Mohamed Rifau said they had opened pre-orders on Friday. Apple’s latest smartphones can be pre-ordered via the two telecom networks in the Maldives, Dhiraagu and Ooredoo, as well as other licensed Apple distributors such as Add-on, eLL Mobile, Asters and Focus Computers.
According to Rifau, the starting prices for the iPhone 7 sans Goods and Services Tax (GST) is MVR 14,500.
“We expect that the smartphone business in the Maldives will reach another level with the iPhone 7,” said Rifau, promising a colourful launch for Apple’s latest product.
Soft Touch had also launched the previous iPhone in the Maldives in collaboration with Dhiraagu, Ooredoo and other licensed Apple sellers. Dhiraagu, Ooredoo and a number of other sellers had release the iPhones under monthly installment schemes.
Dhiraagu and Ooredoo have not yet disclosed details of their plans to launch the iPhone 7.
Pre-orders for the iPhone 7 and 7 Plus, which were unveiled late Wednesday in the United States, began Friday in the US and a number of other countries. The first round of launching the new iPhone is scheduled for September 16 while the Maldives is included in the second round.
Apple is introducing a range of brand new features with the iPhone 7 and 7 Plus such as splash and water resistance, two camera lenses that shoot as one, stereo sound system and most notably, wireless earphones named AirPods. The new iPhones also have displays 25 percent brighter than the old model and more powerful and long-lasting batteries.
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