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TECHNOLOGY
Apple IPhone 13 Price In UAE residents can’t wait to

Dubai get their hands on new
Apple introduced the iPhone 13 mini and iPhone 13 on iPhone
September 14, 2021, both with a reduced notch and
repositioned rear cameras. The 6.1-inch and 5.4-inch And UAE residents have been counting the days until
screen sizes of the iPhone 12 predecessors were September 24 — the day they’ll finally get their hands on
retained, according to Gulf News.The iPhone 13 and what they described as ‘a new powerful piece of
iPhone 13 mini are powered by the all-new A15 Bionic technology’. Residents made a beeline to Apple stores to
technology on the inside. The A15 Bionic chip, which is place their orders, while some flooded the website and
based on 5nm technology, has a 6-core CPU with two telecom providers as soon as the pre-booking opened at
high-performance and four high-efficiency cores, 4pm on Friday. “First, I had to wait for September 17 to
according to daily English newspaper. A new 16-core place my order. Now, I can hardly wait for September
Neural Engine, capable of 15.8 trillion operations per 24,” said Safdar Kazi, a businessman and an
second, is included inside the A15 Bionic chip. The new entrepreneur.While pre-booking used to be restricted to
iPhone 13s supports 5G, has a cinematic mode, a ceramic two iPhones per Apple ID, some residents said they were
shield, is water-resistant, has an A15 Bionic chip, and a able to place orders for more units.
retina display. It is available in five colours. Mohammed Jaffer, an iPhone merchant and a user, said
he had booked as many as 10 iPhones from three Apple
Pixel 6 may launch on IDs, and he was quite happy with the service provided by
tech giant.“I was a bit surprised to have been able to
September 13 order more than two iPhones from the same Apple
account. My pre-booked orders have been averaging at
The month of September is set to be filled with major 10 phones every year.”Jaffer also added: “I sell a few
smartphone launches from technology giants. Apple and phones for a few die-hard Apple users, while the rest are
Samsung had already been hinted at holding their launch events for my family and friends,” Most residents have pre-
in the month to unveil the iPhone 13 series and the Galaxy S21 FE booked their phones using their credit cards, while a few
respectively. It is now being tipped that Google will also launch got the chance to reserve it without using any payment
its Pixel 6 series right about the same time.Google will introduce mode.“I pre-booked my iPhone 13 just by clicking
its new line of flagship smartphones later this month. A source reserve and I have to pay it at the Apple store at The
on Weibo now hints at this launch date to be September 13. If so,
the company might be stealing the thunder from Apple for its Dubai Mall,” said Syed Bilal, a marketing executive in
iPhone 13 launch that is tipped to take place on September 14. The Dubai.Farhan Qureshi, a realtor in Dubai, had been
speculation has been made by tipster Bald Panda in a recent post waiting for a new iPhone model for quite a while now as
on Weibo. As noted by NotebookCheck, the tipster has a strong he skipped the 12 series last year. “I have to wait five
record of such leaks around smartphones. Though it is more days to get my hands on this new piece of
interesting that the tip comes from China, as Google does not technology!”Many advertisements have popped up
really sell the Pixel devices in the country. Google has radically online, pumping up the retail prices by Dh500 to Dh1,000
redesigned its Pixel phones this time around and will surely be per unit.Customers can get iPhone 13 for Dh3,399 before
launching them as a strong contender to the flagships from the trade-in; iPhone13 mini for Dh2,999; iPhone13 Pro for
likes of Apple and Samsung. The launch date by the company, if
it stands as predicted, will be a strong deterrent to the buzz Dh4,199; and iPhone 13 Pro Max for Dh4,699.
around the new iPhones, since both devices are poised to be
major contenders in the premium smartphone segment.