Apple hikes prices of MacBooks, iMacs in India; Mac Pro up by Rs 61,800: Report

Cases such as the Mac Pro with the 3.0GHz 8-Core Intel Xeon E5 have prices raised by nearly Rs 62,000.

Tech2 News Staff|Nov 02, 2018, 13:09:15 IST

Apple's sales in India have been dwindling for some time, and now the Cupertino-based tech giant isn't helping its cause by increasing prices for its Mac lineup in the country, if it's true, that is.After announcing the new iPad Pro and MacBook Air, Apple has now moved to revise the prices of all older MacBooks and Macs in India.[caption id="attachment_5325861" align="alignnone" width="1024"]

Macbook Pro.[/caption]As per a report by Gadgets360, this includes 12-inch MacBook, old 13-inch MacBook Air, 13 and 15-inch MacBook Pro models, 21.5 and 27-inch iMac models (including iMac Pro), and the Mac Pro.In some cases such as the Mac Pro with the 3.0 GHz 8-Core Intel Xeon E5, prices have been raised by nearly Rs 62,000. The lowest price increase was seen on the old 13-inch MacBook Air which got a price hike of Rs 7,700.Here's the pricing of the Macs as it now stands

MacBook 12-inch
- 256 GB - Rs 1,19,000
- 512 GB - Rs 1,49,000

MacBook Air 13-inch (older)
- 128 GB - Rs 84,000

MacBook Pro 13-inch Core i5 (2018)
- 128 GB - Rs 1,19,000
- 256 GB - Rs 1,39,000

MacBook Pro 13-inch touchbar Core i5 (2018)
- 256 GB - Rs 1,69,000
- 512 GB - Rs 1,89,000

MacBook Pro 15-inch touchbar Core i7 (2018)
- 256 GB - Rs 2,24,900
- 512 GB - Rs 2,64,900

iMac
- 21.5-inch, Core i5 - Rs 99,900
- 21.5-inch, Retina 4k, Core i5 - Rs 1,19,900
- 27-inch, Retina 5K, Core i5 - Rs 169,900

Mac Pro
- 6-core Intel Xeon - Rs 2,79,900
- 8-core Intel Xeon- Rs 3,79,900

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