The iPad Pro is set to launch in India next week, amidst a massive push on Apple’s part to grow its enterprise business in the populous country — with plans for this to eventually account for 15-20 percent of Apple revenue.
Pricing for Apple’s super-sized tablet will begin at Rs 67,990 ($1,018), compared with $799 in the United States.
The arrival of the iPad Pro in India so soon after its U.S. launch again underlines how seriously Apple is viewing the Indian market, after years in which the country was far from Apple’s priority list.
Earlier this year, Tim Cook met with the Indian prime minister, and came to an arrangement about official Apple Stores in India, while Apple also launched the Apple Watch, iPhone 6s and Apple TV in the country.
Most recently, Apple announced that it passed the $1 billion sales mark for its Indian operations for the first time, according to a filing with India’s Registrar of Companies. In the past financial year, Apple saw a sales increase of 44 percent in India, which signals an overall doubling of sales in the country over the past two years — mainly thanks to the iPhone.
Complete pricing for the new iPad Pro, supposedly confirmed by sources within Apple, is as follows:
Apple iPad Pro Wi-Fi 32GB: Rs 67,900
Apple iPad Pro Wi-Fi 128GB: Rs 79,900
Apple iPad Pro Wi-Fi Cell 128GB: Rs 91,900
Source: TheQuint
