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It is a day to remember for Apple lovers in India as the official website of Apple India crashed within hours of opening for pre-orders for the much-anticipated iPhone 16.
The unscheduled outage of the site sent the prospective buyers, furious in a tussle to lay hands on the latest models, namely, iPhone 16, iPhone 16 Plus, iPhone 16 Pro, and iPhone 16 Pro Max.
It couldn't have happened at a worse time, considering that the pre-orders were scheduled to start from 5:30 PM IST. In the absence of a website, keen buyers will need to be in a wait-and-watch situation until Apple says something as to when this is likely to get sorted out.
It is expected to revert to its usual speed, but for the moment, the downtime frustrated an enormous number of users who wanted to be the first customers to lay hands on the new iPhone. Shipments for the iPhone 16 series are scheduled to start on September 20, according to Apple.
Despite the technical meltdown, quite a hype was created surrounding the iPhone 16 series. Apple has upgraded its Pro and standard variants big time.
For example, the new iPhone 16 Pro and Pro Max have a more powerful A18 Pro chipset, bigger screens, longer battery life, and even a new 48MP ultra-wide camera. Pro models are some of the most powerful iPhones that Apple has made.
The regular iPhone 16 and iPhone 16 Plus have some neat new features, too, including an Action Button that has long been exclusive to Pro models. This new iPhone 16 series features a dedicated camera control button that will enable users to access, manage, and switch their photo and video settings by simply swiping.
The crash of the Apple India website is a concern for every tech enthusiast, as well as customers who are likely to lay their hands on the new iPhone. Complaints about the outage have already flooded social networking sites that people share online. But Apple's history of bringing the websites back online shortly after an outage suggests this one will be temporary, too, and customers will have a chance to place pre-orders before stock runs out.
Apple aficionados across the globe are refreshing the site, praying that when the system comes back online, they will manage to get their orders through. Technical glitch or not, this iPhone 16 series is well on its way to becoming one of the most successful launches in Apple's history, going by the fact that its top-of-the-line features and upgraded hardware have run quite a hot topic around India.
Here are the official prices in India for the variants of the iPhone 16 series:
iPhone 16:
128GB: ₹79,900
256GB: ₹89,900
512GB: ₹1,09,900
iPhone 16 Plus:
128GB: ₹89,900
256GB: ₹99,900
512GB: ₹1,19,900
iPhone 16 Pro:
128GB: ₹1,19,900
256GB: ₹1,29,900
512GB: ₹1,49,900
1TB: ₹1,69,900
iPhone 16 Pro Max:
256GB: ₹1,44,900
512GB: ₹1,64,900
1TB: ₹1,84,900
