Apple Offering Free AirPods With iPhone 11 Purchase on Indian Online Store Beginning October 17

[MacRumors]

Apple will be offering customers of its newly launched Indian online store free AirPods with an iPhone 11 purchase beginning on October 17.

Apple has yet to publish full details about its Diwali offer, and the promotion's end date is unknown at the current time. Though not explicitly specified, it is likely that the company will extend the offer to iPhone 11 Pro purchases as well.

Launched on September 23, Apple's Indian online store offers a full range of Apple products and accessories with shopping assistance from Apple Specialists, EDU pricing for students, free no-contact delivery, financing options, a trade-in program for iPhone sales, and more.

Article Link: Apple Offering Free AirPods With iPhone 11 Purchase on Indian Online Store Beginning October 17

 

[Harrycooke]

This was certainly unexpected.

 

[VermontsFinest]

Free AirPods? No problem. Charging brick? WAY too expensive.


Edit: Adding an obligatory /s for those that take this too seriously...

 

[a m u n]

Details, details...

 

[JosephAW]

Yet not available as an option in the USA?

 

[cmaier]

Free AirPods? No problem. Charging brick? WAY too expensive.

Maybe that just goes to show you that your premise - that apple is lying about the reasons for leaving out chargers and it’s really about money - is wrong?

 

[TheYayAreaLiving 🎗️]

Perhaps! Free New Apple AirPods coming?

 

[cmaier]

Perhaps! Free New Apple AirPods coming?

More likely they are trying to get some publicity for the new online store in india, and sell some stock before iphone 12 comes out.

 

[dz5b609]

Perhaps! Free New Apple AirPods coming?

you're funny

 

[Johnny907]

But nope for the US or anywhere else, yeah? Cool, cool.

 

[filmantopia]

Incoming: Whiny and entitled Americans.

 

[Dekema2]

Incoming: Whiny and entitled Americans.

With as much tax money as Apple, a trillion dollar corporation, has stashed in Ireland, the LEAST they could do is give Americans free AirPods with a new iPhone purchase. In a way this is almost an insult to the consumer.

 

[dannyyankou]

But nope for the US or anywhere else, yeah? Cool, cool.

It wouldn't surprise me if they do something similar for iPhone 12.

 

[cmaier]

With as much tax money as Apple, a trillion dollar corporation, has stashed in Ireland, the LEAST they could do is give Americans free AirPods with a new iPhone purchase. In a way this is almost an insult to the consumer.

Apple is the biggest tax payer in the United States.

 

[macfacts]

Apple is the biggest tax payer in the United States.

Being the biggest tax payer isn't proof of anything

 

[SSD-GUY]

Quick way to get rid of iPhone 11 stock before the iPhone 12 comes out?

 

[matt_and_187_like_this]

Maybe that just goes to show you that your premise - that apple is lying about the reasons for leaving out chargers and it’s really about money - is wrong?

Bro... Obviously you need to get something for buying an iPhone 11 when the 12 is just around the corner. Discount, Airpods, whatever.

 

[mtneer]

This is so Samsung-like. Apple prides itself in not offering promos or discounting older products - shouldn't they be worried about damage to their brand image here?

 

[VermontsFinest]

Maybe that just goes to show you that your premise - that apple is lying about the reasons for leaving out chargers and it’s really about money - is wrong?

Fair point!! I more so meant it to poke fun. I do like to believe that, although I'm sure cost has some role in it, the environmental impact is the main driving force.

 

[cmaier]

Bro... Obviously you need to get something for buying an iPhone 11 when the 12 is just around the corner. Discount, Airpods, whatever.

Maybe not in india, where cost is allegedly more of a factor.

 

[maxfromdenmark]

I love the idea

 

[thadoggfather]

I love the idea

I love the idea as long as it comes with the expected $100 price drop on the phone itself.

That would be super competitive

 

[goobot]

Apple is the biggest tax payer in the United States.

Unfortunately that just shows how all companies aren’t paying their fare share in taxes and if all the loop holes were closed the state of our nation would be significantly improved.

 

[cmaier]

Unfortunately that just shows how all companies aren’t paying their fare share in taxes and if all the loop holes were closed the state of our nation would be significantly improved.

That actually doesn’t show what you say it does, unless you can show that, for example, that Apple paying 27% of its income to the u.s. (plus billions more in property and state taxes) is not fair.

 

[gim]

With as much tax money as Apple, a trillion dollar corporation, has stashed in Ireland, the LEAST they could do is give Americans free AirPods with a new iPhone purchase. In a way this is almost an insult to the consumer.

The tax money Apple has "stashed" in Ireland is from taxes a decent company would've paid in other European countries, not in the U.S.