Airtel Announces Postpaid Plans for iPhone 5, Bangalore Launch Event in Pictures

| Updated: Saturday, November 3, 2012, 12:35 [IST]

Apple has finally released the iPhone 5 in India on Friday as scheduled for a price of Rs 45,500, Rs 52,500 and Rs 59,500 for the 16GB, 32GB and 64GB variants respectively.

The Cupertino tech giant launched the iPhone 5 at 4 cities - Galleria, DLF Phase 2, Gurgaon; Inorbit Mall, Malad and Phoenix, Tulsi Pipe Road in Mumbai and UB City, Vittal Mallya Road, Bangalore.

In Bangalore, Actress Priyamani launched the iPhone 5 along with Rohit Malhotra, CEO, Bharti Airtel, Karnataka Circle. According to the information provided by the Apple Store officials, the 32GB and 64GB variants of iPhone 5 were sold very soon and only the 16GB variant is available.

Moreover, at launch event in collaboration with Airtel, one of the leading telecom service operators in India, the postpaid plans for the handset were also revealed.

Airtel will offer a range of attractive data plans for iPhone 5 that will allow customers to connect to its fast HSPA+ and DC-HSPA networks with Wideband Audio.

Below is the list of plans offered by Airtel for the iPhone 5 users.

Check out the Bangalore launch event in pictures below.

Actress Priyamani along with Rohit Malhotra,CEO, Bharti Airtel , Karnataka Circle

iPhone 5 launch event

Coming to the specs, iPhone 5 houses a 4 inch display with a resolution of 1136 x 640 pixels, a new Apple A6 chipset, 1GB RAM, 16GB/32GB/64GB internal memory, 8MP rear camera with iSight technology and 1.2MP front camera.

Powered by the iOS 6 platform with new features, iPhone 5 comes packed with connectivity features such as Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.0 with A2DP, 4G LTE, 3G and micro USB 2.0 support. As per Apple, the battery in the smartphone offers 8 hours talk time and 225 hours standby.