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iStore Nigeria Marks 5th Anniversary, As Apple Unveils iPhone 8 & 8 Plus

Ugo Onwuaso30 Oct 20170 Comments
iStore Nigeria Marks 5th Anniversary, As Apple Unveils iPhone 8 & 8 Plus
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Last weekend was a mixture of good news and celebration at iStore outlet located at Ikeja City Mall, Lagos, as Apple unveiled its latest new generation products, iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus to…

Last weekend was a mixture of good news and celebration at iStore outlet located at Ikeja City Mall, Lagos, as Apple unveiled its latest new generation products, iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus to Nigerian market and iStore Apple’s flagship store and home of everything Apple, celebrates its 5th year anniversary in Nigerian market with a new iStore opening at the Mega Plaza, Victoria Island.

iPhone8 and iPhone8 Plus are a new generation of iPhone featuring a new glass and aluminum design in three beautiful finishes of space gray, silver and gold, made with the most durable glass ever in a smartphone, Retina HD displays, A11 Bionic chip and is designed for the ultimate augmented experience.

Speaking during the unveiling of the products, Omokolapo Agunloye, iStore manager, Ikeja Shopping Mall, said that the world’s most popular camera gets even better in iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus, with dual 12-megapixel cameras and introduces Portrait mode with Portrait Lighting, bringing dramatic studio lighting effects to iPhone, allowing customers to capture stunning portraits with a shallow depth of field effect in five different lighting styles.

He added that the features of iPhone8 and iPhone 8 Plus includes and 5.5-inch Retina HD displays. All glass design, the most durable glass ever in a smartphone. Water and dust resistance, 12MP camera with 4K video on iPhone 8, 12MP dual cameras with Portrait mode, new Portrait Lighting, and 4K video on iPhone 8 Plus, hexa-core Apple A11 Bionic processor and Wireless charging.

Agunloye noted that, as part of their 5 years anniversary celebration in Nigerian market, iStore has designed an incentive measures geared towards giving back to their esteemed customer’s, “iStore. is gifting its customers a Free Extended Warranty for two Apple products worth ₦44 000 when upgrading to the new iPhone.

“The new generation iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus will be available in stores from 27 October 2017.

“The iCare Extended Warranty Bundle entitles the customer to one extra year of warranty on the new iPhone and another on an existing Apple product that was purchased in the last 12 months and is still under its original 12-month Apple warranty.

“In order to qualify, customers can simply purchase the new iPhone at iStore and enjoy added peace of mind for your beloved Apple products.

“iStore is continuing its unique trade-in programme where customers can get cash back by trading in not only one, but two qualifying iOS products towards the upgrade of the new iPhone 8.”

He added that iStore is offering customers a payment system called device financing, where customers will pay off their new Apple products bought from them, over an 8 months period. “iStore is now offering device finance and customers can pay off their new iPhone, iPad or Mac over 8 months.

“Customers will need to pay one current dated cheque for the first month’s instalment and seven post-dated cheques for the remaining seven months.

The loan value will be inclusive of 5% insurance which is mandatory and covers physical damage (physical damage is not covered under standard warranty)” He stated.

iStore and Sovereign Insurance Customers can pay 10% of the price of their Mac, iPad or iPhone upfront at iStore and get 1 year of insurance.

He added that, iStore Nigeria has delivered exclusive offers to its customers, which makes buying Apple products their truly ultimate Apple destination, within the past 5 years.

He noted that, iStore customers has access to exclusive benefits like free training, free setup, free technical support, device finance and insurance.

iPhone 8 is available from ₦325 000 and iPhone 8 Plus will be available from ₦365 000.

“As Apple Authorised Reseller, iStore, will ensures that customers always have the best and latest of everything Apple”, He added.

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