Apple Watch coming to India

The Apple Watch will make its India debut next week. It cites four senior trade officials as source to inform that in a closed-door meeting with its key trade partners, Apple indicated its intention to advance the launch of Apple Watch and triple sales of the new iPhones during the crucial October-December period. It's expected that the watch will be priced in the Rs 25,000 to Rs 30,000 bracket. 

Apple Watch originally went on sale in April in nine select markets with prices starting at $349 (Rs 23,000 approximately) and going above a whopping $17,000 for the gold model. Apple has been introducing the watch in new markets in a phased manner. 

The Apple Watch is available in two sizes (38 and 42 mm) and three variants: Apple Watch, Apple Watch Edition and Apple Watch Sport. The first two come with sapphire crystal to protect the screen from cracking, whereas the sports version has a strengthened Ion-X glass on the display. 

Apple CEO Tim Cook had said that the new options would be available in all 24 markets where the Apple Watch is sold. 

Apple Watch will compete with Motorola's Moto 360 second-generation and Samsung's new Gear S2 watches which are expected to debut in India shortly.

Apple Watch to hit Indian Market in February

Apple is targeting India as its priority market for its wearable device, Apple Watch. The device is expected to hit the Indian domestic market by early February.

The bullishness of the company comes from initial market studies that show the Apple Watch has the potential to become a bestseller in India, after iPhones and iPads.

Apple also proposes to engage Indian developers to create apps for the device and is firming up the launch.

"Apple is bullish about the success of the Apple Watch in India since it already has a base of more than 4 million iPhone and iPad users who are initially the potential target," says one company executive in India.

The Apple Watch is expected to be launched globally in early 2015.

As per estimates, the price of the Apple Watch will be about Rs 28,000-35,000, which will be more than the cost of wearable products sold by rivals Samsung and Sony. The device will be compatible with the iPhone 5, 5c, 5s, 6 and 6 Plus, which run the latest operating system.

Apple last week rolled out the software that will help developers to come up with new apps for the Apple Watch. The company is hopeful the Indian base of developers will roll out local apps to expand the appeal of the device in the domestic market.

Apple is set to launch its latest tablets in India sooner. Pre-order demand for the latest iPad Air 2 and iPad Mini 3 has been encouraging and is expected to exceed levels reached at last year's launch of iPads. Demand for the new iPhones - iPhone 6 and 6 Plus, too has not come down and supplies have become regularized.

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