iPhone 17 Pro available at Rs 69,990 after iPhone 18 Pro launch, should you buy?

Apple has just launched the iPhone 18 Pro series but the latest iPhones come are more expensive this year. If you want to save some money, you can buy the iPhone 17 Pro for as low as Rs 69,990. Here is how the deal works.

In Short

• iPhone 17 Pro available at Rs 69,990 at Croma
• Offer includes cashback and exchange bonus
• iPhone 18 Pro pre-bookings also get offers

It is that time of the year again. Apple has just launched the next-generation iPhones – the iPhone 18 Pro series and the iPhone Duo. But the new iPhones cost more than last year. If you want to get a Pro iPhone at a lower price, you can look at the iPhone 17 Pro and iPhone 17 Pro Max.

Croma has announced new offers that drop the effective price of the iPhone 17 Pro – which launched in India at Rs 1,34,900 – to as low as Rs 69,990Here is how you can grab the iPhone 17 Pro in this deal.

iPhone 17 Pro effective price drops to Rs 69,990

As part of the deal, the iPhone 17 Pro’s 256GB variant is at Rs 1,30,490, a flat discount of Rs 4,410 on its launch price. You can then save an additional Rs 4,000 with bank offers. This brings the effective price down to Rs 1,26,490.

But the biggest savings come from exchanging your old device. In this deal, you can save up to Rs 44,500 on the iPhone 17 Pro if you exchange an older device – such as the iPhone 15 Pro. Though exchange savings may vary depending on the condition of the phone you trade in.

On top of that, the platform is also offering an exchange bonus of Rs 12,000. This brings the effective price of the iPhone 17 Pro to Rs 69,990. The iPhone 17 Pro Max is available with a similar deal, where you can grab it for as low as Rs 74,990.

Should you buy the iPhone 17 Pro?

Considering that Apple has just hiked prices of older iPhones, this deal could be your pick if you want to make an upgrade. While the iPhone 17 Pro is now a year old, it still has a lot to offer.

For starters, you get a similar aluminium unibody design to the iPhone 18 Pro. And the iPhone 17 Pro is no slouch when it comes to performance, thanks to the A19 Pro chip and a vapour cooling chamber. You also get a triple camera setup with three 48-megapixel sensors – a main, an ultrawide, and a 4x telephoto lens. The front camera is the same 18-megapixel selfie shooter as the iPhone 18 Pro.

If you want a detailed comparison between the iPhone 17 Pro and the iPhone 18 Pro, click here.

But there are offers on iPhone 18 Pro too

Before you decide on picking the colour for your iPhone 17 Pro, you should know that there are also offers available on the iPhone 18 Pro. As per the platform, you can get an exchange bonus of Rs 12,000 on the iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max during pre-orders. Like in the case of the iPhone 17 Pro series, this bonus will be added on top of the value of your old phone.

Pre-bookings for the iPhone 18 Pro begin on September 12, with the device going on sale on September 18.

Though the iPhone 18 Pro starts at Rs 1,64,900 in India – Rs 30,000 higher than the iPhone 17 Pro series. That is to say, if you do not have a budget to stretch for the newer iPhones, you may want to stick with the iPhone 17 Pro in this deal.

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