GST impact on Apple products: iPhone, iPad, Watch, iMac, MacBook series get generous price cuts

The GST system, which came into effect on July 1, has brought cheers to Apple fans, as the company has slashed prices of iPhones, iPads, iMacs,MacBooks, and Mac Pro (& Mini) CPUs.

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Just a day after India embraced the historic GST regime, consumers were relieved to see that confusing multiple taxation, including VAT (Value Added Tax), Service Tax and Swachh Bharat cess, among others, are all now clubbed to just two Central GST (CGST) and State (SGST).

With the introduction of GST, some products' prices saw a jump, while some went down and among them some top-branded products, including Apple and Asus, have received generous price cuts.

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Apple has reportedly slashed the prices by close to 7.5 percent on its entire products range, including iPhone, iPad, Watch, MacBook (& Pro) and iMac (& Pro) PC series.

The new iPhone 7 series, which made its India debut in October with prices ranging between at Rs. 60,000 and Rs. 92,000, has received a price cut of about Rs. 6,000. The cost of even the older iPhone 6s, iPhone SE series has come down.

Apple iPads ranging from generic 9.7-inch iPad to the top-end iPad Pro (12.5) have become cheaper by around Rs. 3,900.

The PC series MacBook, iMac and the Mac (Pro and the Mini) have received generous price cuts of close to Rs. 11,800 in India.

Here is a breakdown of new prices of Apple products:

Apple iPhones:

iPhone 7 Plus
Old	New
32GB: Rs. 72,000	32GB: Rs. 67,300
128GB: Rs. 82,000	128GB: Rs. 76,200
256GB: Rs. 92,000	256GB: Rs. 85,400
iPhone 7
Old	New
32GB: Rs. 60,000	32GB: Rs. 56,200
128GB: Rs. 70,000	128GB: Rs. 65,200
256GB: Rs. 80,000	256GB: Rs. 74,400
iPhone 6s Plus
Old	New
32GB: Rs. 60,000	32GB: Rs. 56,100
128GB Rs. 70,000	128GB Rs. 65,000
iPhone 6s
Old	New
32GB: Rs. 50,000	32GB: Rs. 46,900
128GB Rs. 60,000	128GB Rs. 55,900
iPhone SE
Old	New
32GB: Rs. 27,200	32GB: Rs. 26,000
128GB Rs. 37,200	128GB Rs. 35,000

Apple Watches:

Apple Watch
Models	Old	New
Apple Watch (Series 1)	Rs. 23,900	Rs. 22,900
Apple Watch (Series 2)	Rs. 32,900	Rs. 31,600
Apple Watch Nike+	Rs. 32,900	Rs. 31,600
Apple Watch Edition	Rs. 1,10,900	Rs. 1,05,700

Apple iPad series:

iPad (9.7-inch)
Models	Old		New
Wi-Fi	32GB: Rs. 28,900		32GB: Rs. 28,000
	128GB: Rs. 36,900		128GB: Rs. 35,700
Wi-Fi + Cellular	32GB: Rs. 39,900		32GB: Rs. 38,600
	128GB: Rs. 47,900		128GB: Rs. 46,300
iPad mini 4
Models		Old			Mini
128GB Wi-Fi		Rs. 34,900		Rs. 33,800
128GB Wi-Fi + Cellular		Rs. 45,900		Rs. 44,500
iPad Pro (10.5-inch)
Models		Old			New
Wi-Fi		64GB: Rs. 52,900		64GB: Rs. 50,800
		256GB: Rs. 60,900		256GB: Rs. 58,300
		512GB: Rs. 76,900		512GB: Rs. 73,900
Wi-Fi + Cellular		64GB: Rs. 63,900		Rs. 61,400
		256GB: Rs. 71,900		256GB: Rs. 68,900
		512GB: Rs. 87,900		512GB: Rs. 84,500
iPad Pro (12.5-inch)
Models		Old			New
Wi-Fi		64GB: Rs. 65,900		64GB: Rs. 63,500
		256GB: Rs. 73,900		256GB: Rs. 70,900
		512GB: Rs. 89,900		512GB: Rs. 86,400
Wi-Fi + Cellular		64GB: Rs. 76,900		64GB: Rs. 74,100
		256GB: Rs. 84,900		256GB: Rs. 81,400
		512GB: Rs. 1,00,900		512GB: Rs. 97,000

Apple MacBook series:

MacBook Air (13.3-inch)
Storage	Old	New
128GB SSD	Rs. 80,900	Rs. 77,200
256GB SSD	Rs.96,900	Rs.96,900
MacBook (12.0-inch)
CPU Variants	Old	New
1.2GHz	Rs.1,09,900	Rs. 1,04,800
1.3GHz	Rs.1,34,900	Rs. 1,28,700
MacBook Pro (13.3-inch)
CPU + Storage configuration variants	Old	New
2.3GHz/ 128GB (Non-Touch Bar)	Rs. 1,09,900	Rs.1,04,900
2.3GHz/ 256GB (Non-Touch Bar)	Rs.1,26,900	Rs.1,21,100
3.1GHz/ 256GB	Rs. 1,54,900	Rs. 1,47,900
3.1GHz/ 512GB	Rs.1,71,900	Rs.1,64,100
15-Inch MacBook Pro (15.4-inch)
2.8GHz/ 256GB	Rs.2,05,900	Rs.1,95,800
2.9GHz/ 512GB	Rs.2,39,900	Rs. 2,28,100

Apple iMac series:

27-Inch iMac (27.-inch)
CPU models	Old	New
3.4GHz	Rs.1,48,900	Rs.1,47,400
3.5GHz	Rs.1,65,900	Rs.1,66,000
3.8GHz	Rs.1,89,900	Rs.1,90,400
iMac (21.5-inch)
CPU models	Old	New
2.3GHz (Non-Retina)	Rs. 90,900	Rs.90,200
3.0GHz	Rs.1,07,900	Rs.1,06,400
3.4GHz	Rs. 1,24,900	Rs. 1,23,700
Mac Mini
CPU models	Old	New
1.4GHz	Rs. 40,990	Rs.40,990
2.6GHz	Rs.56,990	Rs. 57,700
2.8GHz	Rs. 79,990	Rs. 82,100
Mac Pro
CPU models	Old	New
3.5GHz (6-Cores)	Rs.2,49,900	Rs. 2,43,100
3.0GHz (8-Cores)	Rs.3,29,900	Rs.3,18,100

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