Apple has just announced iPhone 5S, the latest and greatest iPhone from the fruit company. iPhone 5S was unveiled during a media event held at Apple’s Cupertino campus. During the event, Apple also talked about iPhone 5S price and release date. For iPhone 5S, Apple followed its traditional pricing policy. Hit the jump to learn more about iPhone 5S price and iPhone 5S release date.
iPhone 5S Price
iPhone 5S comes in three different color options: Silver, Gold, and a “new space gray.” iPhone 5S comes in 3 storage options: 16GB, 32GB and 64GB and they are priced at $199, $299, and $399 on contract respectively and factory unlocked pricing starts from $649.
During the keynote Apple also announced that iPhone 4 will be discontinued, however, iPhone 5 (16GB) will be available for $99 and an iPhone 4S 16GB for free – with a two year contract. Here’s the iPhone 5S price table for all the available storage options:
16GB | 32GB | 64GB | |
iPhone 5S (2 years contract) | $199 | $299 | $399 |
iPhone 5S (Factory Unlocked) | $649 | $749 | $849 |
iPhone 5S Release Date
Apple also talked about the iPhone 5S release date at the end of the event. Unlike iPhone 5C, iPhone 5S won’t be available for pre-order. It’ll hit the shelves on September 20 in the following countries: United States, Canada, United Kingdom, France, Germany, Australia, Japan, Hong Kong and Singapore at launch and will launch in more countries on the September 28th. In 100 countries by December.