MTN now offers iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus

Issued by MTN
Johannesburg, Oct 14, 2015

MTN will offer iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus, the most advanced iPhones ever, beginning on 16 October 2015. Customers could pre-register for the iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus beginning on Tuesday, 29 September 2015.

MTN head office in Fairlands, Johannesburg, and flagship stores at Century City in Cape Town and at the Umhlanga MTN Gatemax store in Durban will be open for trade on the day of the launch, and customers can start purchasing the new iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus from 12:01am on 16 October.

The iPhone 6s 16GB will be available starting at R489 per month on the My MTNChoice 100 plan. The iPhone 6s Plus 16GB will be available starting at R559 per month on the My MTNChoice 100 Plan. The iPhone 6s will be available on cash deals starting at R12 599, and the iPhone 6s Plus starting at R14 499. Customers who take out a new contract or upgrade their contract in October will receive an additional 30GB (10GB x three months). iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus and iPhone 5s will also be available. For additional pricing details, please visit www.mtn.co.za.

iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus bring a powerful new dimension to iPhone's revolutionary Multi-Touch interface with 3D Touch, which senses force to enable intuitive new ways to access features and interact with content.

The new iPhones introduce a transformative new approach to photography, called Live Photos, bringing still images to life by capturing a moment in motion. Live Photos, 3D Touch, 12-megapixel iSight camera, five-megapixel FaceTime HD camera with Retina Flash and more are powered by the Apple-designed A9 chip, the most advanced chip ever in a smartphone, delivering faster performance and great battery life.

iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus are designed with Retina HD displays made from the strongest glass on any smartphone and 7000 series aluminium, the same alloy used in the aerospace industry, in gorgeous metallic finishes that now include rose gold.

"MTN is excited to once more provide its customers with the opportunity to own the most advanced iPhone ever made. We believe that with the substantial network investment that MTN is making, our customers will have a more seamless experience on a world-class network that befits the device of this stature," says Larry Annetts, Chief Marketing Officer: MTN South Africa.

Customers can buy the iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus at MTN's retail shops. For complete details on pricing, please visit www.mtn.co.za. For more information on iPhone, please visit: www.apple.com/iphone.

"We are cognisant of how desirable these iconic smartphones are and that many of our customers who are early adopters would wish to be the first to lay their hands on the latest handsets. The head office in Johannesburg and our flagship stores in Cape Town and Durban will be open for trade after midnight on 16 October for customers who wish to acquire this handset on the launch date. This is part of our effort to offer our customers a distinct customer experience," Annetts concludes.