Apple iPhone 5 to launch in India by December
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.
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 $S was unveiled on October 4, 2011 and Airtel and Aircel began selling the phone in India from November 25, 2011.
