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New iPhone available in SA in October

Lauren Kate Rawlins
By Lauren Kate Rawlins, ITWeb digital and innovation contributor.
Johannesburg, 30 Sept 2015
The new iPhone 6S and 6S Plus will be available for pre-order from Vodacom next week Friday.
The new iPhone 6S and 6S Plus will be available for pre-order from Vodacom next week Friday.

Vodacom has confirmed the new Apple iPhone 6S and iPhone 6S Plus will be available in South Africa from 16 October.

Customers can pre-order the devices from 9 October.

The new iPhone 6S and iPhone 6S Plus feature a 3D Touch, Live Photos, and 12MP iSight camera. The phones are powered by the Apple-designed A9 chip. The smartphones are now also available in rose gold.

The new iPhones will be rolled out to over 130 countries by the end of the year.

MTN and Telkom have said they will stock the new iPhones but have yet to confirm dates.

Vodacom has not yet provided pricing details.

In the US, the smartphones cost:

iPhone 6S:
16GB - $649
64GB - $749
128GB - $849

iPhone 6S Plus:
16GB - $749
64GB - $849
128GB - $949

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