Airtel, Apple partner to offer customers iPhone 5s

Apple program manager Airtel Africa Dave Rapson, Airtel Kenya marketing director Charles Wanjohi and Monaim Tahaour of EMS displaying the iPhone 5s smartphone

Nairobi, Kenya: Airtel Kenya in partnership with the manufacturers of the iPhone range of smartphones, Apple Inc, yesterday launched the sale of iPhone 5s in Nairobi.

This means that Airtel will officially stock the iPhone 5s handset in its outlets. The partnership will also offer mobile phone customers across the country an opportunity to purchase the smartphone in Airtel outlets. 

Speaking during the event to unveil the new smartphone, Airtel Kenya CEO Adil El Youssefi described the company’s partnership with Apple as the coming together of two great brands, saying it is a demonstration of Apple’s trust in Airtel.

Mr. Youssefi added that the collaboration will enable customers to easily get the smartphone in Airtel’s shops as they also enjoy its services.

 “iPhone 5s is believed to be one of the highest quality smartphones in the world. A smartphone of this nature is best used on a network that offers high speed internet services and our 3.75G network is fast and available in major cities and towns in Kenya.

“Customers can enjoy all the multimedia services on the iPhone 5s on Airtel network, make clearer calls, access high speed internet and enjoy live streaming at high speeds.   At Airtel, we believe that the future of mobile telephony is mobile Internet and so we are repositioning to revolutionise this landscape with innovative value offerings and strategic partnerships. Our partnership with Apple is a testimony to our desire to lead with Internet. This will provide us a leverage to empower our customers to enjoy high-speed Internet services on their devices and mobile phones on our network,” said Mr Youssefi.

The Airtel MD reiterated that the company believes in offering the best products and services to its customers and will continue to go to great lengths to partner with world class service and product leaders such as Apple to ensure highest levels of service and latest generation technology.    

Customers who buy the iPhone 5s, which is Sh86,500 from Airtel get free three month 10GB internet bundle and one- year Apple warranty supported by the official apple distributor in Kenya, EMS.