“Apple is offering a range of incentives to make its iPhone more affordable to Indian customers, such as trade-in discounts, subsidies for students and a credit card rebate with American Express,” Mahesh Sharma reports for ZDNet.
“Students who trade-in their old smartphones while upgrading to an iPhone will get 7,777 rupees (US$144),” Sharma reports. “Non-students will be paid 7,000 rupees (US$130). ”
Sharma reports, “Indian customers who purchase a new iPhone using their American Express credit card will receive a ten percent cashback. The smartphone manufacturer will refund a maximum of 6,000 rupees (US$111) to American Express customers who purchase an iPhone 4, 4S or 5 before June 10, according to a full-page advertisement published in a news daily.”
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