India, Sept. 26 -- Festive times are associated with sales and discounts. With e-commerce, one now gets big-ticket discounts on many products. This year is special. It is dubbed as 'Bachat Utsav' by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and not just as 'Buying Utsav,' because of the huge GST cuts that became applicable from the first day of Navratri. As in the past, few products generated as much buzz as the iPhone. Each year, people time their upgrades with this season, and hope to grab the latest model. iPhone launches too are timed for the occasion.

Flipkart used its 'Big Billion Days' sale to offer iPhone 16 and iPhone 16 Pro. The base iPhone 16 (128 GB) was listed at '51,999 after bank and exchange discounts. iPhone 16 Pro was offered at '6...