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Amazon Great Indian Festival 2021 Sale: Deals, Offers on Apple Products
Apple iPhones
iPhone 12 Pro Max (256GB) (Rs. 1,23,405)
The iPhone 12 Pro Max comes with a 6.7-inch Super Retina XDR display. It features Ceramic Shield which is touted to be tougher than any smartphone glass. The phone is powered by Apple’s A14 Bionic SoC. For photography, there are three 12-megapixel rear cameras, and a 12-megapixel front camera. The phone is rated IP68 for dust and water resistance. Currently, only the 256GB (Rs. 16,495 discount) and 512GB variant (Rs. 10,000 discount) variants are available, and the 128GB variant will be coming later this month.
Buy now at: Rs. 1,23,405 (MRP Rs. 1,39,900)
Apple iPhone 12 Pro (512GB) (Rs. 1,39,900)
The iPhone 12 Pro is currently available only in 512GB variant. It packs a 6.1-inch Super Retina XDR display and is protected by Ceramic Shield glass. Under the hood, is Apple’s A14 Bionic SoC. There is a triple 12-megapixel rear camera setup, and a 12-megapixel front snapper. The phone is rated IP68 for dust and water resistance.
Buy now at: Rs. 1,39,900 (MRP Rs. 1,49,900)
Apple iPhone 12 (64GB) (Rs. 65,900)
The iPhone 12 is currently available for purchase on Apple online store at a price starting from Rs. 65,900. You can purchase 128GB and 256GB variants as well. Apple is running an exchange offer. Those who trade in an iPhone 8 or newer, you can get a Rs. 9,000 to Rs. 46,120 off on the upgrade. The company is running a Diwali Offer in which it is giving away AirPods with Charging Case, AirPods with Wireless Charging Case or AirPods Pro bundled with the handset.
Buy now at: Rs. 65,900
Apple iPhone 12 mini (64GB) (Rs. 59,900)
The iPhone 12 mini is also available for purchase on Apple online store at a price starting from Rs. 59,900. There is a trade in offer similar to the one with iPhone 12 wherein you can get a Rs. 9,000 to Rs. 46,120 off on the upgrade. The company is also running a Diwali Offer in which it is bundling AirPods with Charging Case, AirPods with Wireless Charging Case or AirPods Pro with the handset.
Buy now at: Rs. 59,900
Apple iPhone 11 (64GB) (Rs. 39,999)
The iPhone 11 is available for purchase on Amazon with a discount of Rs. 9,901 for 64GB model. You can also purchase the 128GB variant for Rs. 44,999 and 256GB variant for Rs. 64,999. The smartphone comes with a 6.1-inch Liquid Retina HD LCD display, and is powered by Apple’s A13 Bionic Soc. You get a 12-megapixel rear dual camera setup, and a 12-megapixel front sensor. There’s Face ID for authentication.
Buy now at: Rs. 39,999 (MRP Rs. 49,900)
Apple iPad
Apple iPad Pro 2021 (128GB) (Rs. 39,999)
The Apple iPad Pro (128GB) sports an 11-inch Liquid Retina display with ProMotion, True Tone, and P3 wide colour gamut. The tablet is powered by Apple’s M1 silicon and comes with Face ID for secure authentication. It comes equipped with a 12-megapixel and a 10-megapixel ultra-wide camera on the back. There is a 7-megapixel TrueDepth front snapper. It features four speakers and five studio-quality microphones. The tablet is available at a starting price of Rs. 71,900 on Apple online store with free engraving and can be purchased for Rs. 69,743 from Amazon.
Buy now at: Rs. 69,743 (MRP Rs. 71,900)
Apple iPad Air 2020 (64GB) (Rs. 46,900)
Apple iPad Air (64GB) sports a 10.9-inch Liquid Retina display with True Tone, and P3 wide colour gamut. Under the hood, it gets an A14 Bionic chip with a Neural Engine. The tablet packs a 12-megapixel back camera and a 7-megapixel front shooter. It comes with Wi-Fi 6 connectivity and a stated 10-hour battery life. The 256GB variant is available for Rs. 72,900 on Amazon. Meanwhile, the 64GB variant is available starting at Rs 54,900, and the 256GB variant can be purchased at a starting price of Rs. 68,900 on Apple Store.
Buy now at: Rs. 46,900 (MRP Rs. 54,900)
Apple iPad Mini 2019 (Rs. 32,900)
Apple iPad Mini (2019) features a 7.9-inch Retina display with True Tone. The tablet is powered by Apple’s A12 Bionic processor, and comes with 64GB onboard storage. It features an 8-megapixel primary camera and a 7-megapixel front camera. For security, customers get a Touch ID fingerprint sensor. The tablet has stereo speakers. The 64GB variant starts a price of Rs. 32,900, and 128GB model is priced at Rs. 48,900. However, the 256GB Wi-Fi + Cellular model can be purchased at a price of Rs. 45,900 with a discount of Rs. 14,000.
Buy now at: Rs. 32,900 (MRP Rs. 34,900)
Apple MacBook Pro (Apple M1 Chip)
The Apple MacBook Pro (2020) has a 13.3-inch Retina display, and is powered by Apple-designed M1 chip. The company claims that the machine has the longest battery backup than any other Mac ever with its up to 20 hours of battery life. It features an active cooling system to sustain the fast performance. Currently, the variant with 8GB RAM and 256GB SSD storage is available on Amazon, and customers can also purchase 512GB and 1TB variants as well. Meanwhile, all MacBook Pro and MacBook Air models are available for pre-order on Apple online store.
Buy now at: Rs. 1,09,990 (MRP Rs. 1,22,990)
Apple Headphones
Apple AirPods Max (Rs 48,999)
Apple AirPods Max headphones are available at a discount of Rs. 10,901 on Amazon. They feature Apple-designed dynamic driver to provide high-fidelity audio, and Active Noise Cancellation for an immersive listening experience. There is a Transparency mode for hearing and interacting with people around you. Other features include spatial audio with dynamic head tracking, computational audio, Apple H1 chip for connectivity, a knit-mesh canopy and memory foam ear cushions.
Buy now at: Rs. 48,999 (MRP Rs. 59,999)
Apple AirPods Pro (Rs. 17,990)
Apple AirPods Pro are TWS earphones that feature Active Noise Cancellation, and a Transparency Mode for listening to the surrounding noise. The earphones come with Adaptive EQ which automatically tunes music as per the shape of the wearer’s ear. Apple says. They are sweat and water resistant and a stated 24-hour battery life.
Buy now at: Rs. 17,990 (MRP Rs. 24,990)
Apple AirPods with Wireless Charging Case (Rs 15,399)
Apple AirPods with wireless charging case pack Apple H1 headphone chip for a stable connection. The case can be charged either wirelessly using a Qi-compatible charging mat or using the Lightning connector. Other features include quick access to Siri by saying “Hey Siri”, and touch controls.
Buy now at: Rs. 15,399 (MRP Rs. 18,900)
The Apple AirPods Max, Apple AirPods Pro, Apple AirPods with Wireless Charging Case and Apple AirPods with Charging Case are currently up for preorders on Apple online store. Additionally, Apple is also offering free 6-month Apple Music subscription to new customers on purchase of Apple AirPods Max, AirPods Pro, AirPods, and select Beats headsets and earphones under Diwali offers.
“At Xbox, we believe that with better tools, creators can make even more extraordinary games,” Haiyan Zhang, GM, Xbox Gaming AI, said in a blog post. “This partnership will bring together: Inworld’s expertise in working with generative AI models for character development, Microsoft’s cutting-edge cloud-based AI solutions including Azure OpenAI Service, Microsoft Research’s technical insights into the future of play, and Team Xbox’s strengths in revolutionizing accessible and responsible creator tools for all developers.”
The aforementioned AI design copilot is a toolset that will help game designers turn prompts into scripts and dialogue trees. In contrast, the character runtime will enable dynamically generated plot beats and quests. We’ve already seen heavy AI integration in games by way of procedural generation — a more recent example being the 1000+ planets in Starfield. Not to mention, enemy AI has been around for way longer.
Inworld made headlines in August when it launched a modded story mode for Grand Theft Auto V, Sentient Streets, in which players had to investigate the rise of a bizarre AI-worshipping cult — a segment loaded with characters that spoke in AI-generated dialogue, on the fly. The mod was later taken down by publisher Take-Two, leaving a permanent strike on the creator Bloc’s YouTube channel. As per The Verge, Inworld’s AI technology can also be used for narration in top-down RPGs to warn players about any events awaiting off-screen and respond to questions like we’ve seen in the past year with AI chatbots like ChatGPT and Bing Chat. Microsoft has also been heavily banking on artificial intelligence, having made a $10 billion (about Rs. 83,254 crore) investment in OpenAI. The company has also integrated AI tools into its popular suite of services and also added an AI copilot to Windows.
Despite being a Microsoft-affiliated AI toolset, it would be interesting to see whether titles using them will be allowed to thrive on other platforms. In July, Valve claimed that it would be cracking down on games that included AI-generated assets if the developer didn’t own the copyright to the piece of art. For the uninitiated, when you insert a prompt to create something in AI, the software simply repurposes existing assets found online and mushes them together — basically stealing from other artists and writers without appropriate commercial licenses. Infringing them would lead to the game not being distributed on Steam, forcing the developers to seek proper licenses for the asset by reaching out to the AI companies involved. It’s unclear how Microsoft’s partnership will play out — as long as AI content is being used as a catalyst to innovate and create something new, it should be fine.
In a post on X shared by BSNL’s Andhra Pradesh (@bsnl_ap_circle) unit, the company confirmed that BSNL users can upgrade their older 2G or 3G SIMs to a 4G SIM for free. Not only will the upgrade be free, but a promotional image shared with the post suggests that users who opt for the upgrade will also receive 4GB of free data that will be valid for three months. It is speculated that BSNL is aiming to boost its upcoming 4G services with this offer. The announcement was first spotted by Telecom Talk.
To access the free data offer and the free upgrade, BSNL users are requested to get in touch with executives at BSNL’s Customer Service Centre, franchisee or retailer stores, or contact one of their Direct Selling Agents (DSA). The promo image also adds in a finer print that the offer is available with certain terms and conditions, but hasn’t detailed any, so far.
Reliance’s Jio recently launched the 4G-supported Bharat B1 feature phone in India. The handset is priced at Rs. 1,299 in India. Alongside 4G connectivity, the phone comes with JioCinema and JioSaavn applications pre-installed.
The Jio Bharat B1 is equipped with the JioPay application, which is said to allow users to make UPI payments. Aiming to increase accessibility, the phone supports 23 languages overall, including multiple regional languages.
Realme, via Weibo, announced the arrival of the Realme GT 5 Pro in China. The display of the handset is confirmed to offer 3000 nits peak brightness. It has also been teased to offer heat dissipation with a surface area of around 10,000mm2. It is confirmed to ship with Qualcomm’s new Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 SoC. The post doesn’t specify the exact launch date of the smartphone, however, given the release of the teasers, the launch could be just around the corner.
The Realme GT 5 Pro has been in the news a lot lately. It is expected to feature a 6.78-inch (1,264×2,780 pixels) AMOLED display and is tipped to come in 8GB, 12GB, and 16GB RAM options along with 128GB, 256GB, 512GB, and 1TB inbuilt storage options.
For optics, the Realme GT 5 Pro is said to have a triple rear camera unit comprising two 50-megapixel sensors and an 8-megapixel shooter at the rear. The camera setup might include a Sony LYTIA LYT808 sensor, an OmniVision OV08D10 secondary sensor, and a Sony IMX890 telephoto sensor. For selfies, there could be a 32-megapixel sensor at the front. It is said to carry a 5,400mAh battery with support for 100W wired charging and 50W wireless charging.
The Realme GT 5 Pro is expected to come with upgrades over Realme GT 5. The latter was launched in China in August with a price tag of CNY 2,999 for the base model with 12GB of RAM and 256GB of storage.
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