With the launch of the Apple's latest iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus, two telecom companies have came up with the attractive plans. Airtel and Reliance are giving exclusive deals for iPhone 7 buyers
Reliance Jio is offering an exclusive deal that gives users Jio services worth Rs 18,000 for free for one year while the Airtel is giving down payment deal and the free 4G data for a year.
The Jio will offer free calling, 20GB of 4G data, 40GB of JioNet Wi-Fi data, unlimited SMS and 30 minutes of ISD calling per month to the iPhone 7 customers. The benefits will start from 1 January 2017 and will be available for the first year.
On the other side, Airtel has teamed with Bajaj Finance to offer down payment for the new iPhone 7 at Rs 19,990. The down payment increases with the higher model you select. The Apple iPhone 7 Plus with 256GB, the most expensive model on offer, will cost Rs 43,792 as down payment.
Airtel will be providing its iPhone 7 purchasing customers a 10GB additional data over and the current myInfinity plan, per month for the first year. In addition to this, users will also get 5GB additional data per month, over and above the myInfinity plan to iPhone 6S and iPhone 6S Plus users.
In the Airtel offer, after using new iPhone for a year, users will have to exchange their iPhone with the latest Apple iPhone available in the store. But, if they want to keep their device, they need to pay a one-time "balloon payment" amount.
One thing to take into consideration is that Airtel is providing 30GB of 4G data for a month. On the other side Reliance Jio is also providing you a free data of 20GB in 4G with unlimited night time data from 2 AM till 4 AM. Now if you calculate- Airtel offering 30GB x 12 = 360GB data annually; Jio on the other hand will offer 20GB x 12 = 240GB annually, with this calculation Airtel wins here.
But Jio will not lose this battle so easily, in the addition of the 240GB data; Jio is also giving an additional 40GB of JioNet hotspot data free which is equal to the 40GB x 12 = 480GB. Infact Jio is offering 240GB + 480GB = 720GB annually with your new iPhone. That means the company is giving free Reliance Jio services for 15 months (3 months under welcome offer + 12 months of 2017, so ideally Jio won.
Additionally, it is confirmed that Reliance Jio is offering 25% discount on new iPhone 7 & iPhone 7 Plus. So, one would be paying Rs 45,000 instead of the retail pricing of Rs 60,000 while calculating the final cost of going with Airtel's iPhone 7 would cost Rs 79,978.
