US technology major Apple's iPhone 6 series will be sold in India at starting price of Rs 53,500 and the high end model at Rs 80,500 during the time of launch. Both iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 plus come in three versions in terms of storage: 16 GB, 64 GB and 128 GB.

"Priced of iPhone 6 shared with us is in the range of Rs 53,500 to Rs 80,500 per unit. For iPhone 6 16 GB, price is Rs 53,500, iPhone 6 64 GB for Rs 62,500, iPhone 6 128 GB will be for Rs 71,500. The three iPhone 6 plus models has been priced at Rs 62,500, Rs 71,500 and Rs 80,500 respectively," an authorised partner of Apple told PTI. Authorised distributors of iPhone are Redington, Ingram Micro, Rashi Peripherals and Reliance.

The official price of iPhone 6 is lower compared to the price at which vendors at e-commerce sell. Vendors through e-commerce have starting offering the premium smartphones at price starting from around Rs 56,000. They even claimed to have sold some units of iPhone 6 at this price.

However, iPhone 6 series in India is priced about 10 to 17% higher compared to its retail price in US. Amazon website showed that iPhone 6 is selling for around $750, including shipping cost, in US which amounts to about Rs 46,000.

Apple's authorised distributor Ingram Micro today announced that it will start pre-booking of latest iPhone 6 series from October 7. All the six models of iPhone 6 series will be available across retail stores from October 17.

Ingram Micro said that it will "offer iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus, the biggest advancements in iPhone history, at leading modern trade stores and retail outlets across India beginning October 17 at 12:01am. Customers can pre-order both models beginning October 7 at 12:01 am at the major retail outlets of the partners."

The distribution firm said that pre-booking facility will be across its about 1,200 retail outlets in top 24 cities besides booking facility on its website.

The two models are different in terms of their size. While iPhone 6 has 4.7 inch screen, iPhone 6 plus has 5.5 inch display. Compared to a thickness of 7.6 mm of iPhone 5S, the sixth generation has a thickness of 6.9 mm (iPhone 6) and 7.1 mm (iPhone 6 Plus), respectively. Both the models have 8 megapixel camera and 1.2 Mp front camera. Both these phones support 2G, 3G and 4G network.

The previous version of iPhone series, iPhone 5S, was launched in India at a price starting Rs 53,500, that was recently priced at around Rs 30,000 a unit on an e-commerce website.