Prices of Apple iPhone 11 Pro, 11 Pro Max and others go up by Rs 1,300 due to basic customs duty

Just when we were wondering about when Apple would launch  **a low-cost iPhone** , Apple raised the prices of most of its phones in India by Rs 1,300 due to the new Basic Customs Duty (BCD) rate. As per a report by The Economic Times, the basic customs duty (BCD) rate was announced during the recent union budgets along with the withdrawal of earlier exemption from BCD under the Social Welfare Surcharge. (Also read:  Apple iPhone XR And iPhone 11 were the top-selling smartphones in 2019: Report ) [caption id=“attachment_7608371” align=“alignnone” width=“1024”] Apple iPhone 11 Pro Max.[/caption] The report further clarifies that since **iPhone XR (Review)** and iPhone 7 are **assembled in India** by Foxconn and Wistron, and that their prices will not be affected by this hike. In addition to this, Apple has reportedly absorbed the hike in **iPhone 11 (Review)**, so its price will also remain unaffected. iPhone 11 Pro and **11 Pro Max (Review)** have received a hike of Rs 1,300 on all variants. Here are the new and old prices of affected Apple iPhones:

According to the report, prices of other Apple devices like the Apples Watch, MacBooks and iPads are also not affected by this price hike. The Apple India website has been updated with the new prices, whereas Amazon and Flipkart currently show the old prices.