At the beginning of the month Apple held their annual iPhone press conference, where both the iPhone 7 and Apple Watch Series 2 were revealed. As per usual with Apple, the devices all went on sale just a week later in major regions. South Africa still isn’t cool enough to crack that initial wave list, but every year the wait seems like it’s getting shorter. Nearly a month after the first release, both the Apple Watch Series 2 and iPhone 7 will arrive on local shores.
First up, the iPhone 7. It’s going to be available in iStores Stores countrywide on October 14th (two weeks from today), and will be accompanied by a hefty price. Both the iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus cash prices are a little staggering, only offset but the cash-back offer the Apple Store features for your old iPhone. Should you be willing to part with it, Apple will knock off a few bucks on your iPhone 7 purchase – which really isn’t too bad.
Should you want to trade-in for a new iPhone 7, here’s what you can expect:
| 32GB | 128GB | 256GB | |
| Cash price with no trade-in | R12,999 | R14,999 | R16,999 |
| After trading in an iPhone 6s Plus* | R4,999 | R6,999 | R8,999 |
| After trading in an iPhone 6s* | R5,999 | R7,999 | R9,999 |
| After trading in an iPhone 6* | R7,999 | R9,999 | R11,999 |
If you’re eyeing out the beefier (and honestly superior) iPhone 7 Plus, things get a little more expensive:
| 32GB | 128GB | 256GB | |
| Cash price with no trade-in | R15,499 | R17,499 | R19,499 |
| After trading in an iPhone 6s Plus* | R7,499 | R9,499 | R11,499 |
| After trading in an iPhone 6s* | R8,499 | R10,499 | R12,499 |
| After trading in an iPhone 6 Plus* | R9,499 | R11,499 | R13,499 |
Along with the iPhone 7, the Apple Watch will be getting a full refresh on October 14th as well. Series 2 is Apple’s newest device, equipped with a faster processor, water resistance and in-built GPS. The Series 1 features all the same insides as Series 2, but omits the water resistant tech and GPS. It’s replacing the original Apple Watch, and both will come with their own trade-in deals too.
| 38mm Apple Watch Sport | Up to R2 000 back |
| 42mm Apple Watch Sport | Up to R2 500 back |
And if you’re looking to just pay some cold hard cash:
| Apple Watch Series 2 | 38mm Aluminium | From R6 899 |
| 42mm Aluminium | From R7 499 | |
| 38mm Stainless Steel | From R9 999 | |
| 42mm Stainless Steel | From R10 999 | |
| Apple Watch Series 1 | 38mm Aluminium | From R4 999 |
| 42mm Aluminium | From R5 999 | |
| Apple Watch Edition | 38mm White Ceramic | R22 999 |
| 42mm White Ceramic | R23 999 |
I must say I’m particularly surprised at the Apple Watch Series 2 prices, which match up almost identically to European and British prices of the Watch when it went on sale a few weeks ago. Yes, Apple is still an expensive luxury, but any Apple fan out there will argue that its quality offsets that. Either way, two weeks isn’t too long to wait in any case.
Last Updated: September 30, 2016
VampyreSquirrel
September 30, 2016 at 09:04
Holy crap! That’s crazy amounts of money!
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September 30, 2016 at 09:08
This is my goal, when I get my payslip, I want to say that. Exactly that
VampyreSquirrel
September 30, 2016 at 09:10
Sounds like a plan to me… wonder if I’ll get to say that before I retire.
Avithar
October 4, 2016 at 11:40
we all do hahahaha
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September 30, 2016 at 09:05
Twintig duisend rand, weet jy, nee
Hammersteyn_hates_Raid0
September 30, 2016 at 09:11
Dis tien dae in Phuket, vlugte en verblyf ingesluit met sakgeld. Ek sal dan eerder een steel terwyl ek daar is
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September 30, 2016 at 09:12
Bliksem, janee
Original Heretic
September 30, 2016 at 09:06
Apple…fans?
Oh you mean those douches that extol Apple even though they’re an evil corporation!
Marek Nourse
September 30, 2016 at 09:07
Would rather buy two 1070’s than an Apple
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September 30, 2016 at 09:07
You, I like you!
Dungeon of JJ
September 30, 2016 at 09:53
Or just buy a different phone equally good AND a 1070
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September 30, 2016 at 10:12
^^^^^
Marek Nourse
September 30, 2016 at 09:11
https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/cdcba2b2acb990d619c748ac87addf3b26ec83e966ceb759645b0140ce6adc95.jpg
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September 30, 2016 at 09:11
BWAHAHAHAHAHA
Hammersteyn_hates_Raid0
September 30, 2016 at 09:12
XD
http://img0.joyreactor.com/pics/post/gif-apple-store-sheep-animals-2024395.gif
Hammersteyn_hates_Raid0
September 30, 2016 at 09:11
Would rather….. well do anything really than waste money on something as silly as a phone
justlikemo
September 30, 2016 at 09:15
Stupid amounts of money, for stuff that doesn’t blow up ….. I went there, sooooryyyy
I like apple but comon, guess ill be buying another iphone 5
Hammersteyn_hates_Raid0
September 30, 2016 at 09:19
I’d never leave the house because I’d be to scared to walk around with R20 000 in my pocket
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September 30, 2016 at 09:24
IKR?
Or wear too toooit jeanpants or sit or anything
Hammersteyn_hates_Raid0
September 30, 2016 at 09:31
I’d look like a potato on chopsticks in skinny jeans
justlikemo
September 30, 2016 at 09:24
I know right!, when I ordered the 6, I was like whaaaaat, and then I cancelled the order. Thinking of pulling out the old nokia! Cos besides leaving the house, whats the cost gonna be if you drop it!
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September 30, 2016 at 09:24
And they are fragile AF
Coughsie
September 30, 2016 at 09:27
It’ll only cost the lives of everyone within impact radius(if you’re talking about dropping the nokia). Otherwise probably only that last shred of dignity if you drop the eyephone.
miaau
September 30, 2016 at 10:02
My brother had spent a whole Sunday afternoon, well into the night, to configure his iPhone and iPod with the music he wanted. Was really placed.
Went into CBD to hand in building plans for his business and was mugged, lost both. He was way pissed, he got new equipment though insurance, but the setups and all that. Not fun, being mugged, I understand. Third time he was mugged, so he much calmer about it. Even asked the thief for his wallet back AND got the wallet back (with cards, Drivers license and the like), sans money.
miaau
September 30, 2016 at 10:05
I saw stats on how many phones Nokia Sold of different brands..
Nokia – Millions and Millions
Apple impressive, as Iphone 6 is 12th on all time selling list and was only release in 2014/15
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selling_mobile_phones
Grimsupanoob
September 30, 2016 at 09:17
“Apple is still an expensive luxury, but any Apple fan out there will argue that its quality offsets that”
ha ha ha…same guys that wear lumberjack shirts and do not know how to change a tyre…
https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/bbf91b2c088dad105a6a79b94cfa74ce79c1aaacab9280940ec394a498d4c95d.jpg
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September 30, 2016 at 09:17
LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL
Hammersteyn_hates_Raid0
September 30, 2016 at 09:17
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
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September 30, 2016 at 09:24
Gluten free taco, geez I’m STILL lauging at that
Marek Nourse
September 30, 2016 at 09:24
I wonder what the insurance companies going to do when people lose the wireless ear pieces that cost $160 to replace. There will be tons of people that are going to lose them
Alessandro Barbosa
September 30, 2016 at 09:27
They aren’t standard with the iPhone. You get a wired pair in the box
Marek Nourse
September 30, 2016 at 09:29
So what connection are they going to use with no audio jack?
Grimsupanoob
September 30, 2016 at 09:31
that useless proprietary jack that only they use. you can either charge the phone OR listen to music…
Dungeon of JJ
September 30, 2016 at 09:58
Well, that’s idiotic. But then again, the no audio jack thing was just a huge marketing exercise.
miaau
September 30, 2016 at 10:00
Well, I know several people that are very keen to try this, people who jog, for example, and listen while they jog, would leave a decent wireless kit, that does not hurt the ears
Dungeon of JJ
September 30, 2016 at 10:02
The wireless thing I understand, completely. But the removal of the audio jack was just a marketing exercise. They could’ve kept that in, for those who will still use normal earphones.
miaau
September 30, 2016 at 10:06
Totally. I do get it though, what separates my product from yours?
Grimsupanoob
September 30, 2016 at 12:36
I don’t have to use itunes….. ????
iusedtobe(a)regular
September 30, 2016 at 09:25
I cant wait to jack my headphones into this baby…………………………..oh wait………
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September 30, 2016 at 09:27
HAH
Dane
September 30, 2016 at 09:41
I came here for the GIFs. 10/10 would read Apple article on lagz again.
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September 30, 2016 at 09:44
xD
Dungeon of JJ
September 30, 2016 at 09:45
Hmmm. Gaming pc or old tech phone. Decisions
miaau
September 30, 2016 at 09:46
Yeah, but the OS is so effective, phone tech is not as important on the iPhone
Marek Nourse
September 30, 2016 at 09:47
OS is the best thing since sliced bread HAHAHAHA
Dungeon of JJ
September 30, 2016 at 09:47
The OS on a gaming pc is still more effective.
miaau
September 30, 2016 at 09:49
Not nearly as well optimised, not even close.
Dungeon of JJ
September 30, 2016 at 09:49
Then you’re running the wrong pc, since you have multiple OSs on one 🙂
miaau
September 30, 2016 at 09:50
Yeah, not talking the same thing at all. And my days of running multiple OS’s are bloody well done, thank you. Too much effort.
iPhone is, for me, an impressive piece of kit because it has the same or better performance than a Galaxy S6 but has slower CPU, less ram, that sort of thing.
Dungeon of JJ
September 30, 2016 at 09:52
Well OSs are a subjective thing in the end anyway. I’ve messed around on an iPhone, and didn’t like the OS at all.
You only feel the tech a year or so later, but since Apple nuts try to upgrade the second a new one comes out old tech doesn’t matter much to them.
miaau
September 30, 2016 at 09:58
I know, I knows. People I know will get the new iphone the minute is released, same day. Have even stood in line at midnight to get the phones then, two, for husband and wife.
I just do not understand that.
Dungeon of JJ
September 30, 2016 at 10:01
Yea, that’s a bit much. Like people who waited in long lines to be the first to try Burger King when it got here. I mean, come on. Some patience.
I guess that’s the same mentality that goes with gaming sometimes where people keep pre-ordering just because they HAVE to have a game at release, regardless of how crappy it might turn out to be.
miaau
September 30, 2016 at 10:07
FOMO, I term I learned of on this very website, thanks to Geoff on Friday Flame-bait thingy.
Dungeon of JJ
September 30, 2016 at 10:18
Yea man. Exactly. I actually forget to use that. Also learned it here 😀
I pre-ordered one game this year and I could’ve gone without it. Price was good though, so it wasn’t a waste.
Phil
September 30, 2016 at 18:38
When you say old tech, are you perhaps talking about the processor in the iPhone? It’s nearly twice as fast as the closest runner-up in single threaded performance, and despite being only dual core, matches the Galaxy Note 7 in multi-threaded performance (which has an octacore processor, IIRC). I’ll link you to the benchmarks, if you’d like…
miaau
September 30, 2016 at 09:46
Once, when my little girl was about 1 and half, we took her mother (my wife) to a mall to get pampered, you know, nails, feet, that sort of thing.
So, anyway, my daughter and I walked the entire mall, she loved it, running from place to place. We happened to to sit on a bench outside the Apple Store, eating some snacks. and she was holding her Shaun the Sheep doll very tightly to her. I thought it was apt.
More seriously, I was shocked at the amount of people walking out with bags of stuff, at the prices Apple charges. Really, really shocked.
Marek Nourse
September 30, 2016 at 09:46
one word……. SHEEP
miaau
September 30, 2016 at 09:48
Shaun the Sheep
But seriously, I have great respect for the Tech, just not for me. My wife, bless her, bought the Nokia Lumia 920 (a seriously good phone) when it came out over the Samsung S4 (I think it was 4?) and the latest iPhone, based the following:
1. I want a phone that can make calls
2. NO FASHION ACCESSORIES
miaau
September 30, 2016 at 10:08
Just asked two people in my office who have done that.
Two new words: on credit
iusedtobe(a)regular
September 30, 2016 at 10:51
“we took her mother (my wife)”
That was f*#^…. funny!!!!!
miaau
September 30, 2016 at 11:02
yeah, I thought so too, but that sort of thing appeals to my sense of humour, which, I am finding out rapidly, does not meet with general approval or understanding, i.e. they do not find it funny. But I do.
Dresden
September 30, 2016 at 10:13
http://i426.photobucket.com/albums/pp349/enzymeF/Setup/GIFs/its-over-9000.gif
miaau
September 30, 2016 at 10:14
by what system of measure, though?
Dresden
September 30, 2016 at 10:30
In many countries currencies I guess. I’m just a bit shocked at the prices to be honest. Perhaps that may be because the last time I got a new phone was when the Galaxy S3 came out…
miaau
September 30, 2016 at 11:01
yeah, prices scare the crap out of me. Too much for what you get, in my ever so humble opinion.
RinceThis
September 30, 2016 at 13:25
HAHAHAHAHAH! Yeah, NO. Not a hipster.
chimera_85
September 30, 2016 at 14:43
The Huawei P9 and P9 Plus is more or less the same, same with samshit and others so…
geel slang
September 30, 2016 at 14:44
Thing is, for many people its not a lot of money for a device that they carry around all the time and use dozens of times a day. People spend much crazier amounts on expensive cars when good cheaper cars are available.
chimera_85
September 30, 2016 at 14:44
The problem is they would want you 6 or 6S to be immaculate and chop chunks off if it isn’t.
Francois Knoetze
September 30, 2016 at 14:59
in the 7 odd years of owning a lot of apple devices. I have not had one issue or break. Blah blah blah Apple is over rated. My devices work, they are seamless and I am happy. Nobody is forcing anybody to buy their products.