It’s official. Vodafone will sell the 8GB 3G iPhone for 31,000 rupees ($712) and the 16GB model for 36,100 rupees ($828). And this for a 3G model when India does not even have 3G services yet.
Vodafone and Airtel will launch the 3G Apple iPhone in India on August 22. Airtel is yet to announce its price for the phones but it’s unlikely the pricing will differ much.
The price of the 8GB model in the U.S. is $199 and $299 for the 16GB model. So is buying the iPhone in India worth it or will the grey market rule?
Who will buy the new iPhone? All those who had pre-booked? The ones who want to get the latest gizmo on day one of its official launch in India or the geeks who cherish anything Apple?
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- Posted by riteshPlease spread this news to your friends and make a difference for you and India.
are the apple company mad . who buy at 31 k . if i have the power . i will flush out apple from india
- Posted by AnuragFirst of all, Airtel and Vodafone are not sure about their 3G licenses. Having a 3G iphone on a 2G network doesn’t make sense at this price. Too much dependency on stupid gizmos is eating into our precious GDP, it time for us Indians to wake up to situation and reject these sort of foolishness outright.
- Posted by Harshathey are looting indian people with these price tag???
31k I never planning have one
Drawbacks of iphone 3G
1** no MMS – Not even better than a old age phone.
2** no Video Recording – Ha? Unless third party application.
3** no front camera – it’s 3G, but no video conferencing.
4** no A2DP Bluetooth – Can’t listen stereo music via bluetooth.
5** still using old 2M pixels Camera(cheaper phones price of 3k having same config)
6** No FM Radio (needs connect via web only)
7** Cant use MP3 as a ringtones(even 500 rupees spice mobiles having this feature)
8** Extra burden for the iTunes
Finally not worthy to have untill price roll back to 20k
friends dont buy this stupid phone anymore
Airtel and vodafone decided to loot the younger gen in India…
- Posted by raj*** think billion times before purchase this ****
The golden rule is DO NOT buy this iphone. No FM, NO Bluetooth, NO video. Stupid phone!!!!!!! Americans are idiots. Do not follow them!!
- Posted by arvinHi guys, Iphone will be a big failure in India. Touch screen is not suitable in India. I was deleting my contacts in iphone but u have to do one by one!!!!!!!!! so annoying!! like hell!!! I just bought it from ATT in $200 bucks and now I will find and fan of Steve to sell it at $700 and will buy Nokia’s high end phone at Steve Jobs’s expense. This is an Indian.
- Posted by arvinthey are looting indian people with these price tags???
31k never planning have one
Drawbacks of iphone 3G
no MMS – Not even better than a old age phone.
no Video Recording – Ha? Unless third party application.
no front camera – it’s 3G, but no video conferencing.
no A2DP Bluetooth – Can’t listen stereo music via bluetooth.
still using old 2M pixels Camera
Finally not worthy to have untill price roll back to 20k
- Posted by rajfriends dont buy this stupid phone anymore
It’s a major let down as an Apple fan. How much ever I like their products and their feature rich products, I would not spend 31K - 36K for the iPhone.
- Posted by MuraliskiPhone is cute to toy with only the initial days. i dont see myself zooming in and out of a jpg image, with my fingertips, forever!.. later what you would really bother about is the features.. which iPhone doesnt have much and whatever it has (3G) cant be used in india for atleast a year! even later you dont know how much this greedy ppl will charge for 3g services.
- Posted by arunThese service providers want to cash in on initial hype..but, this is the extremely greedy… better wait for prices to drop down or opt or a better device with a lesser price with more features.
I hope atleast now, airtel and vodafone will invest their greedy iphone profit for betterment of their networks!!!
30K ????? Insane. I’m not gonna get that piece of brick of that price. I’ll go for grey market. Damn. Why’re Americans always lucky ?
I wish I wasn’t born in damn India. (Of course I’m a patriot but life sucks here as a tech-enthusiast)
- Posted by iFreak31K…for a phone where quite a few apps will not even work in India. I did rather buy any high end Nokia or Moto instead. What was Apple, Vodafone & Airtel thinking?
- Posted by RadhikaLaunch day will have NO long queues outside any vodafone or airtel gallery unlike the rest of world. India will be a rude awakening to Steve Jobs i’m sure
I had signed up for a phone…will not go there yet.
I would rather buy an N90 communicator for 33 grands which gives me best of all the features and without any restrictions on sharing my pictures, my music, my videos. I am sure vodafone and Airtel will review the prices.
- Posted by Gauravskim the cream pricing?
dear steve, i will send you a congratulatory sms from your iphone when you become more realistic. of course, that would be an original message and not a forwarded one, you know why. your phone won’t let us enjoy our favourite pastime of forwarding mass messages. thanks for encouraging us to be creative.
- Posted by Anup RoyThe fact is probably that Apple doesnt have enough phones to satisfy the demand, so they might as well make the most out of the no. of phones that are available to them to sell to the market…its as simple, they arent pricing themselves out of the market….they are just gonna make supernormal profits!!
- Posted by AbhishekI think iphone price is little on higher side…could have been at 25K for 8GB and 30K for 16GB…i am in USA and i have been using 1st generation of iPhone…its the best cell phone i have seen so far…
Some of you are right that in USA it sells for 199 USD - 8GB and 299 USD - 16 GB, but please note that you have to sign 2yrs contract with AT&T (service provider) and if you break the contract you have to pay 175 USD…in all its bit expensive then USA, thats sure…
In case any one in India wants it then i can get new 3G iphone and sell to you at 29K (16GB) and 25K (8 GB). Please remember you have to unlock the phone to work on indian cell phone carrier.
You can mail me at mac_dosza@yahoo.com.
- Posted by ManishThis is nothing but daylight robbery. Let Airtel and Vodafone first improve their services and free us of the call drops!
- Posted by vivekPricing has let down all the hype which was created.
- Posted by techboyEven who can afford it will think twice about alternatives before buying.
Around Rs10K with carrier contracts would have been nice.
31k!!!! I cant believe this… Iphone is cool but not that cool… I would go for N96 anyday if i had that budget.
- Posted by bsiniPhone, what a crap, i will never buy it…
- Posted by KumarIts hyped product in India..31k is 300% premium than its price in US…I dont think nokia needs to worry now..Ideal price could have been 17k just like the premium u r paying for the I-touch which is priced at 275USD..
- Posted by saurabh