Today I received a mail from vodafone saying that they will sell iphone on August 22nd. And it will cost 31000 Rs for 8 GB and 36000 for 16 GB.
They are asking customers to come today and tomorrow to pay a 10000 Rs deposit as advance if you want the iphone on the launch day. That’s first time in India any mobile company is asking you to put down a deposit.
At this price I really don’t recommend the iphone to anyone in India. Many of my friends were eagerly hoping for a below 10000 Rs price.
But at this high price you are better of buying it in blackmarket.
The official iphone from vodafone will cost you around 750 USD. Where as in USA they are selling it for 299 USD. That’s twice the USA price which is really lame because you can’t even use most of it’s features in India yet. Like 3G, GPS Maps (Google has bad maps of India so GPS will not work well).
So go buy a iphone 1.0 or 2G in black market. Which you can get for less than 30000 Rs.
I bought my iphone 1.0 more than 9 months back still loving it. I would have gone and bought an iphone 3G if the
Price was below 15000 Rs and 3G
Service was available.
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HiA bit of relief. Now airtel is providing option of EMI to buy iPhone (www.airtel.in/iphone3g). At least, now people who were expecting to be in range of 16-20K can think again to buy it with EMI option. What you say guys? Can we hope to get its price down in future as well?HiteshReply from PrasanthI still would not recommend buying the phone. Wait aleast a month or so and the price will go down further. The did a price cut already a week in to the sale. So hold on and wait.I don’t know what you are getting for that price. Only thing i can think of is the warranty.Other than that you are better off buying it in black market, then you can put what ever sim you want. Not just vodafone or airtel.The iphone 3G in india is a waste of money atleast for now.3G will not workGPS will not work.You are better off buying iphone 2G which are available for 15000 Rs in black market. Which i have, once 3G services start then you can buy iphone 3g.thank youprasanthhttp://www.prasanthtechblog.com