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GST Effect: iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch Prices in India Slashed. HIGHLIGHTS * iPhone 7 price in India now starts at Rs. 56,200 instead of Rs. 60,000 *iPhone 7 Plus MRP 32GB will now retail at Rs. 67,300 *Price of new Mac and iPad models have also been slashed On the day that GST has gone into effect, Apple has announced a reduction in the maximum retail prices of iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, and Mac line of computers across the board, with a few exceptions. All iPhone models have received a price cut, starting with Rs. 1,200 drop for the 32GB iPhone SE and going all the way up to a Rs. 6,600 reduction in MRP for the top-of-the-line iPhone 7 Plus 256GB variant. Price cuts for iPad models range from Rs. 900 to Rs. 3,900, with the newly announced iPad Pro models also receiving a reduction, even before anyone's had a chance to buy them in the country. MacBook Air prices remain unchanged, but the 12-inch MacBook and MacBook Pro models have received price drops b...

Could Apple's next big thing be a car? Apple sees autonomous cars as ‘core’ technology, calls it ‘mother of all AI projects’ The auto sector, Apple CEO Tim Cook said, is being transformed by artificial intelligence and autonomous driving technology as well as by the development of better electric cars and the growth of ridesharing. The California technology colossus behind the iPhone has confirmed its interest in self-driving cars, but experts are trying to deduce the secretive company's plans for traction in a market where others have been speeding along. Apple co-founder Steve Jobs, who died in 2011, contemplated putting the company's hardware and software smarts to work in a car nearly a decade ago, according to reports in trade press. Speculation about an Apple Car became the stuff of myth, with much talk and little evidence until recently. In mid-June, Apple chief executive Tim Cook revealed that the company is focusing on software that powers self-driv...