Apple iPhone 17 Pro Max Price can buy you a Royal Enfield 350cc bike. Ever since the Government of India has announced GST rate cutes, the prices of the Royal Enfield motorcycle have come down significantly. The GST slab changes will come into effect on 22 September 2025. Moreover the new slabs under GST now include only two slabs 5 and 18 percent. With this normalisation of GST rates the prices of the Royal Enfield 350cc motorcycles are now lower than the top-end 2TB variant of the iPhone 17 Pro Max.
Royal Enfield 350CC Bike Vs iPhone 17 Pro Max
The iPhone 17 Pro Max comes in four storage variants which includes the 256GB, 512GB, 1TB and 2TB. Whereas the prices of these models start from Rs 1,49,900 and go upto Rs 2,29,900 for the 2TB variant. Similarly comparing these prices to the Royal Enfield 350 CC motorcycles which are Bullet 350, Classic 350 and Hunter 350. These bikes start from Rs 1,37,000 and go upto Rs 2,15,000 (Ex-showroom). Therefore individuals should definitely ponder upon which can be a more value for money purchase.
Although buyers will need to pay certain other charges like the road tax, registration fee and insurance premium over the ex-showroom price, they can still get any of the three motorcycles for an on-the-road (OTR) price of less than Rs 2,29,900, barring some of the top-spec variants of the Bullet 350 and the Classic 350.
Price Change of Motorcycles under New GST slabs?
Under the GST 2.0 regime, motorcycles with an engine capacity of up to 350cc are in the 18% slab. They were in the 28% bracket during the GST 1.0 regime. Due to lower GST, the ex-showroom price of such motorcycles has decreased.
For reference, the Royal Enfield Hunter 350, Royal Enfield Bullet 350 and Royal Enfield Classic 350 employ the same J-Series, single-cylinder, 4-stroke, air-oil cooled engine, which develops 20.2bhp and 27Nm. The engine is mated to a 5-speed gearbox.
Whereas the iPhone 17 Pro Max specifications are mentioned below:
Display
The iPhone 17 Pro Max comes with a 6.9-inch Pro Motion Display OLED panel. Moreover, the brightness this time has been cranked up to 3000 nits for bright outdoor viewing angles. Moreover, an anti-reflective coating on the display along with an LTPO panel has been provided for the first time in a Pro iPhone model. Along with this, Ceramic Shield 2 has been provided for better screen protection and to prevent fingerprints.
Camera
In the camera, significant improvements have been made, but no Night and Day difference, so to speak. The camera module is a horizontal one with a primary 48MP OIS primary sensor and the secondary one being the same 48MP ultrawide sensor, while the third one is a 48MP telephoto. Although the main improvement is the 18MP selfie shooter. Lastly, the camera has been provided with all the bells and whistles of an iPhone, including ProRes Log codec.
Processor
Under the hood, the iPhone 17 Pro Max is powered by the Apple A19 Pro silicon chipset. The chipset is fabricated on the 3nm technology by TSMC, which is better in battery efficiency. The processor has a 6-core structure, which includes 2 performance cores and 4 efficiency cores. Additionally, to facilitate the on-device AI tasks a 5-core GPU has been included too. Lastly, a bigger vapour cooling chamber to reduce thermal issues and advanced modem chips have been used.
