{"id":272857,"date":"2018-09-20T15:12:47","date_gmt":"2018-09-20T13:12:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=272857"},"modified":"2018-09-20T15:13:13","modified_gmt":"2018-09-20T13:13:13","slug":"here-are-the-official-iphone-xs-and-xs-max-prices-for-south-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/mobile\/272857\/here-are-the-official-iphone-xs-and-xs-max-prices-for-south-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"Here are the official iPhone Xs and Xs Max prices for South Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The iStore has officially announced local pricing for the iPhone Xs and iPhone Xs Max.<\/p>\n<p>The new models are set to launch on\u00a028 September,with the cheaper Xr variant expected to launch around a month later.<\/p>\n<p>Both devices run iOS 12 and are powered by the A12 Bionic chip, however, the\u00a0iPhone Xs Max features a larger\u00a0 6.5-inch retina display\u00a0&#8211; compared to the\u00a0iPhone Xs&#8217; 5.8-inch screen.<\/p>\n<p>Apple said the new devices also feature superior battery life to their predecessors (the iPhone X and iPhone 8) and will bring an improved dual camera system that offers breakthrough photo and video features.<\/p>\n<p>802.11ac Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 5.0, NFC, and LTE connectivity are packed into both models, too, along with Apple\u2019s Lightning port.<\/p>\n<p>Face ID security and dual-SIM support \u2013 enabled by eSIM technology \u2013 are also included in both models.<\/p>\n<p>The prices provided by iStore are as follows:<\/p>\n<div class=\"bt_table\">\n<div class=\"table-responsive\"><table class=\"table\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"6\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"text-align: center;\" colspan=\"3\" bgcolor=\"#CCCCCC\">iPhone Xs<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td bgcolor=\"#DDDDDD\" width=\"25%\"><strong>Model<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" bgcolor=\"#DDDDDD\" width=\"25%\"><strong>Payment Plan<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" bgcolor=\"#DDDDDD\" width=\"25%\"><strong>Cash<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>iPhone Xs 64GB<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">R689 pm<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">R21 999<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>iPhone Xs 256GB<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">R785 pm<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">R24 999<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>iPhone Xs 512GB<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">R945 pm<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">R29 999<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"text-align: center;\" colspan=\"3\" bgcolor=\"#CCCCCC\">iPhone Xs Max<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td bgcolor=\"#DDDDDD\" width=\"25%\"><strong>Model<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" bgcolor=\"#DDDDDD\" width=\"25%\"><strong>Payment Plan<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" bgcolor=\"#DDDDDD\" width=\"25%\"><strong>Cash<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>iPhone Xs Max 64GB<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">R755 pm<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">R23 999<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>iPhone Xs Max 256GB<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">R849 pm<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">R26 999<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>iPhone Xs Max 512GB<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">R999 pm<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">R31 999<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The iStore said that pre-orders for the phones will officially open a week earlier on 21 September.<\/p>\n<p>Pre-orders will be open for cash purchases and on iStore\u2019s revised payment plan in partnership with FNB Credit Card &#8211; allowing customers to pay off their iPhone at a reduced interest rate.<\/p>\n<p>Exclusive to iStore, all customers can also receive its 2-year extended warranty which includes one Apple Certified screen repair (normally sells for R1,999) for free.<\/p>\n<p>To qualify, customers should secure a voucher online now at www.myistore.co.za , and subsequently, redeem it when they upgrade their contract or purchase any new iPhone at iStore (iPhone 8 and newer) between now and 31 December 2018.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Read:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/mobile\/271339\/samsung-smartphones-have-one-big-advantage-over-apple-in-south-africa\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Samsung smartphones have one big advantage over Apple in South Africa<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The iStore has officially announced local pricing for the iPhone Xs and iPhone Xs Max.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":272859,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[26],"class_list":["post-272857","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mobile","tag-headline"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/272857","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=272857"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/272857\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":272873,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/272857\/revisions\/272873"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/272859"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=272857"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=272857"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=272857"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}