Pre-booking for new iPhone starts in India from Oct 7

Pre-booking for new iPhone starts in India from Oct 7

Both iPhones feature an 8 megapixel camera with a new sensor and has curved edges and bigger screens that measure 4.7 inches and 5.5 inches.

NEW DELHI: Apple today announced that pre-booking for iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus will start in India starting from October 7.

Apple India in a statement said: 'iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus will be available in India beginning Friday, October 17, from an expansive network of Apple Authorized Resellers. Customers can pre-order iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus beginning Tuesday, October 7.'

Apple India did not reveal the price at which it will sell the phones in India but added that pricing details will be soon made available by Apple's partners: Ingram Micro, Redington, Rashi Peripherals and Reliance.

On September 10, Apple launched the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus, which boasts of bigger screens.

The iPhones have curved edges and bigger screens that measure 4.7 inches and 5.5 inches, up from just four inches on the iPhone 5S. The smaller one is 6.9 mm thick and the 5.5-inch version is 7.1 mm thick.

The larger iPhones have what Apple is calling "Retina HD" displays.

The iPhone 6 comes with more than 1 million pixels -- a third more pixels than the iPhone 5S. The iPhone 6 Plus has 2 million pixels, double the iPhone 5S' screen.

Both iPhones feature an 8 megapixel camera with a new sensor that Apple claims will help the camera focus faster.

The iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus feature Apple's new A8 processor, which is 25 percent faster than the iPhone 5S.

The M8 co-processor will allow fitness apps to tell the difference between walking and biking and even measure your relative elevation.

In a first week of its launch, Apple said that more than 10 million of its iPhone 6 and iPhone 6Plus devices were sold on the first weekend.

"Sales of iPhone 6 and iPhone 6Plus have surpassed our expectations for the launch weekend and we could not be happier," Apple CEO Tim Cook said in a statement Monday.

But the new phones faced criticism over their bendability, dubbed 'bendgate'. Social media and online forums have been abuzz with comments about how the new phones can bend when placed in back pockets or while wearing skinny jeans.

Users of the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus also complained about some glitches in their latest operating system, the iOS 8. 

Some users had complained of sluggish Wi-Fi, dwindling battery life and dropped calls after moving to iOS 8.

Users of the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus complained about a drop in cellular service and inability to use the fingerprint-reading Touch ID after updating to iOS 8.0.1.