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		<lang class="3" style="Headline1"  font="Placard Condensed" fontStyle="Regular" size="32">Apple hikes iPhone prices up to 41% in India</lang>
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	<lang class="3" style=".Bodylaser" font="Minion Pro" fontStyle="Regular" size="9">New Delhi</lang>
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	<lang class="3" style=".Bodylaser" font="Minion Pro" fontStyle="Regular" size="9">Applehas raised the prices of its iPhone lineup in India, with increases of up to 40.6 per cent, amid rising memory costs, a weaker rupee and higher domestic production expenses.</lang>
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	<lang class="3" style=".Bodylaser" font="Minion Pro" fontStyle="Regular" size="9">The iPhone 17 256GB variant is now priced at Rs 99,900, up from Rs 82,900 earlier, an increase of Rs 17,000 or 20.5 per cent. The 512GB variant is priced at Rs 1,24,900, up Rs 22,000 or 21.4 per cent.</lang>
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	<lang class="3" style=".Bodylaser" font="Minion Pro" fontStyle="Regular" size="9">The iPhone 18 Pro starts at Rs 1,64,900, 22 per cent higher than the iPhone 17 Pro, while the iPhone 18 Pro Max starts at Rs 1,79,900, up 20 per cent. The steepest increase is for the 1TB iPhone Air, whose price has risen 40.6 per cent to Rs 2,24,900 from Rs 1,59,900. The 256GB and 512GB iPhone Air vari-ants have also become 25 per cent more expensive.</lang>
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	<lang class="3" style=".Bodylaser" font="Minion Pro" fontStyle="Regular" size="9">The iPhone 17e now starts at Rs 79,900, up 23.1 per cent, while the 128GB iPhone 16 has risen 28.6 per cent to Rs 89,900.</lang>
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	<lang class="3" style=".Bodylaser" font="Minion Pro" fontStyle="Regular" size="9">The price increases for Apple’s Pro models are significantly higher in India than in several major markets. In the US, the iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max prices have risen 9 per cent and 8 per cent, respectively.</lang>
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