Apple iPhone 5 to launch in India by December

New Delhi: Indians eager to buy an Apple iPhone 5 will have to wait a little. Apple is expected to bring the latest edition of its bestselling smartphone in India by December 2012.

Though the Cupertino-based tech giant has adopted an aggressive launch schedule for the iPhone 5, the India launch may happen three months from the unveiling as compared to a month-and-a-half for the iPhone 4S.

The iPhone 5 may hit Indian stores in the third batch of iPhone 5 releases. On September 21 the iPhone 5 will debut in nine countries: US, Canada, UK, Germany, France, Australia, Japan, Hong Kong and Singapore followed by an additional 22 countries a week later on September 28: Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland.

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  Apple on Wednesday announced the iPhone 5, the thinnest and lightest iPhone yet.

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  The iPhone 5 has a 4-inch Retina display.

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  It is powered by an Apple-designed A6 chip.

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  The iPhone 5 comes with iOS 6 with over 200 new features.

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  iPhone 5 has a thin 7.6 mm anodized aluminum body that is 18 per cent thinner and 20 per cent lighter than iPhone 4S.

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  The Apple iPhone 5 supports LTE and DC-HSDPA.

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  The iPhone 5 has up to twice the CPU and graphics performance.

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  The new iPhone has a redesigned 8 megapixel iSight camera.

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  The iPhone 5 features the new Lightning connector that is smaller than the previous 30-pin connector.

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  iPhone 5 comes with the new Apple EarPods featuring a new design.

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  The iPhone 5 comes in either white and silver or black and slate, and will be available in the US at $199 for the 16GB model and $299 for the 32GB model and $399 for the 64GB model.

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Indians eager to buy an Apple iPhone 5 will have to wait a little.

Apple at the iPhone 5 launch event on September 12 announced that the iPhone 5 will be available in a total of 100 countries with 240 carriers by December this year.

The iPhone 4S was unveiled on October 4, 2011 and Airtel and Aircel began selling the phone in India from November 25, 2011.

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