Apple Iphone in India
Tuesday, July 29th, 2008 | Tech news
I am waiting for much awaited Apple iphone to officially launch in india. Apple iphone will be launched by Bharti Airtel and Vodafone. I suppose Airtel first announced about its collaboration with Apple in india and it should be first to launch iphone here, before vodafone does. The 3G service in iphone would be better offered by vodafone and airtel and rumors are that it would be quite costly (That’s how companies in India make money).
Although you can get iphone if you badly need it, from some shops in New Delhi, kolkata, bangalore and Hyderabad, but that’s underground and not official or you can even get unlocked one from ebay. You will find many resellers of iphone but they are all illegal means and you need to watch out for that. Or you can buy officially unlocked version of iphone in France and just replace the SIM card with your local provider. Nothing is known whether vodafone or airtel may give 3G service and if they do give, they would be limited to metro cities for time being.
The price would be around INR 8000-8500 (US $ 200). India has growing user base of geeks and people like cheap things which are multi-functional. So what can be better than iphone only. Damn ! Is it gonna come soon or shall i have it unofficially ?
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