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Sonu Sood Urges Social Change Amid India’s iPhone 18 Craze
The iPhone 18 series began selling in India, and many people waited in long lines to buy it.
Videos of the crowds spread online.
Actor Sonu Sood said people should also line up to help improve society.
He compared buying a new phone with making positive changes in the community.
Some people agreed with him and mentioned voting and other important causes.
Other people said buyers were free to spend their own money however they wanted.
The iPhone 18 Pro starts at Rs 1,64,900, while the Pro Max starts at Rs 1,79,900.
The discussion continued on social media.
The iPhone 18 series went on sale in India on Friday, identified in one report as September 18.
Large crowds queued outside Apple stores, with launch-day videos circulating on social media.
Sonu Sood said people should queue up to make a difference rather than only upgrade their phones.
Supporters agreed that people show more enthusiasm for gadgets than for voting or social causes.
Others defended the buyers’ right to spend their own money and questioned criticism of the queues.
- Who
- Actor Sonu Sood, iPhone 18 buyers, and social-media users.
- What
- Sood criticized the enthusiasm for queues outside Apple stores and urged people to pursue larger social causes.
- Where
- Outside Apple stores in India and on social media.
- When
- The phones went on sale on Friday; one report dates the launch to September 18.
- Why
- Sood argued that people should focus on making society better, while others defended buyers’ freedom to spend their money.
Critics of the Craze
Defenders of the Buyers
Social priorities
Critics of the Craze
Sood and users who agreed with him said people should queue for meaningful causes, including voting and improving society, rather than only for a phone.
Defenders of the Buyers
Other users said people were acting voluntarily with their own money and should not be regulated or criticized for buying the device.
Cost and urgency
Critics of the Craze
Critics questioned waiting for a phone that would remain available after launch day and warned that buyers could face long-term installment payments.
Defenders of the Buyers
Supporters of the queues focused on consumers’ personal choice to purchase the newly launched models.
Key facts
- Product launch
- The iPhone 18 series went on sale in India.
- Reported date
- Friday, September 18, according to the articles.
- Models mentioned
- iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max.
- Starting prices
- The iPhone 18 Pro starts at Rs 1,64,900; the Pro Max starts at Rs 1,79,900.
- Highest prices
- Higher-storage versions reach Rs 3,14,900 for the Pro and Rs 3,29,900 for the Pro Max.
- Features cited
- The models have Apple’s A20 Pro chip and a new vapour chamber.
- Colors cited
- Black, silver, glacier, and burgundy.
Quotes
A social media user
User responding to Sonu Sood's post
“New phone, new EMI… same old bills! Maybe it's time we queue up to make a difference, not just upgrade our phones. The real upgrade is a better society”
NDTV
“People can stand in queues long hours for a gadget, but the same people hesitate to stand for voting during election time.”
NDTV
Sources
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