Apple ties up with RJio, Reliance Retail to offer special plans

NEW DELHI: Apple has widened its horizon for partnerships with Reliance Jio, and its sister arm Reliance Retail, offering buybacks and special plans for subscribers of the new telecom entramt who buy the iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus and the iPhone X.

The Apple-Jio partnership is being done for both online and offline involving ecommerce major Amazon. Reliance Digital stores and Amazon will sell the iPhones offering assured buyback value of 70 per cent when people upgrade to the next iPhones that come up next year.

"We believe it's a never before offer in the industry. Given the strength of Apple as a brand, and the reach Jio has and customer base of Amazon. Believe that most of our Prime customers would opt for it," said Manish Tiwary, vice-president of category management at Amazon India.