Apple iPhone 14 pre-orders open in South Africa – and it’s NOT cheap!

iStore announced that pre-orders for the iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Pro range in South Africa opened on Friday, 16 September.

Sep 17, 2022 - 13:41
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Apple iPhone 14 pre-orders open in South Africa – and it’s NOT cheap!

iStore announced that pre-orders for the iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Pro range in South Africa opened on Friday, 16 September.

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Online pre-orders start at R20 599 for the 128GB iPhone 14, up to R41 499 for the 1TB iPhone 14 Pro Max.

iStore said its trade-in programme will also be available to assist with upgrading to the new iPhone.

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Through the trade-in programme, customers can own an iPhone 14 Pro for as little as R7 699 when trading in their old iPhone.

However, this is dependent on the particular device being traded in.

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The iPhone 14 pre-orders on contract are also now open via Vodacom, MTN or Telkom.

iPhone 14 due for release next Friday in SA

The new Apple iPhone 14 is due to be released in Mzansi on Friday, 23 September.

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As reported by The South African website, the iPhone remains Apple’s most important product by far, generating roughly 50% of the company’s sales on its own and helping fuel additional revenue from services like the App Store and Apple TV+. It also coaxes customers to buy accessories like AirPods and the Apple Watch.

The bulk of the iPhone upgrades are coming to the higher-end Pro line.

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Those devices will get a 48-megapixel camera and a screen that’s capable of always staying on in a low-power mode, similar to recent versions of the Apple Watch.

That will let the new phones show widgets with bits of information – weather, calendar appointments and stock tickers, for instance – while the rest of the screen remains off.

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In other changes announced, the iPhone 14 Pro will get a new display with thinner bezels and more active area. The screen is also brighter, at 1,600 nits, the same level of brightness of the Pro Display XDR.

The new satellite service, meanwhile, will let users send SOS messages without a cellular connection.

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