Rumors around Apple iPhone & it’s price in India

Hope you are not getting bored reading too much about iPhone. It’s my duty to update my visitors with whatever update I have. So, there are some strong rumors about iPhone & Airtel. One of my friend updated my last week that he spoke to some Airtel guy who is knowledgeable. He told that Airtel is trying to launch iPhone in India in August first week. The price is expected to be around Rs.25,000.

I heard it $199, why Rs.25k here?

Yes, this might be a question in everyone’s mind who is interested in iPhone. In US you can get iPhone 8 GB model for $199 & 16 GB model at $299. But the catch here is you have to sign a two years contract with AT & T, a popular service provider in US. AT & T has a special service plans for iPhone, so you end up paying more for service rather than phone. So, now you know how the Apple kept iPhone price so low. It’s actually subsidized by AT & T. Apple iPhone is also available without contract also in US, but the price is different. price of Apple iPhone without contract in US is $499 & $599 respectively for 8 GB & 16 GB models. We don’t have contract system in India, so price is gonna be high here. According my knowledge you can use iPhone with your existing pre-paid or post-paid plans.

Is iPhone worth that much?

If you keep touch aside & think about features, it’s not worth that much. For the same price you can go for other options like HTC Touch, Nokia N95, Nokia N82…etc. Nokia higher end N series phones comes with 5 MP camera, Satellite GPS, 8GB memory…etc Comparatively these phones offer you better features than iPhone. Also on iPhone you can install applications built using iPhone SDK (Software Development Kit) & for many apps you might have to pay. But on these phones there are thousands of applications available for free to install. But the ease of using touchscreen outsmarts every other phone. So think smart before taking any decision, because everyone’s needs are different.

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Another quick update: Airtel too joins Vodafone for Pre-registering iPhone in India. You can book yours online at http://www.airtel.in/iphone3g. Both Vodafone & Airtel are tight lipped about when they are going to launch & price. But it seems to be in near future.

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