iPhone 3G making debut in India on August 22 and excitement is building around. However, big dampener could be iphone price in India.
Previously, price was speculated to be Rs20,000 ($475) and latest reports point new high price point. According to Indiatimes iPhone beauty will cost real big on your pocket, here goes:
- 8GB version will cost Rs31,000 ($738)
- 16GB version will cost between Rs36,000 – Rs37,000 ($857)
This pricing is exclusive of the rental plan the phone will come bundled with. iPhone will for sure lose on its share of legal holders as it is available for as little as $199 in grey market.
Such high price is complete non-sense, considering iphone price world-over. Hope Airtel, Vodafone and of course Apple are listening!
August 20th, 2008 at 11:18 am
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August 29th, 2008 at 7:15 pm
Hi
There is a myth in the market place on low pricing of the product (reference price point being Rs. 8000 or Rs.12000/- which
refers to AT&T pricing of USD 199 or USD 299).
The reports don’t factor the commitment which a customers needs to give for a particular Price Plan for a period of 24 Months
in the case of AT&T. For O2 the commitment is for 18 months with selected plans.
But, if we calculate other cost like montly rental for voice, i.e., 69.99 (USD), the total cost of ownership for the period
of 24 months for a 8 GB model comes around Rs.81000/-! The total cost of ownership for O2 is around Rs.200000/- over a period
of 18 months.
In first look it looks high, but in long term, it is still cheaper in India. So, don’t stop urself from buying this lovely
gadget…
Rajiv
September 2nd, 2008 at 2:40 pm
Hi all
So, finally comapny understood mindset and problem of common man of not want to spend such a big amount of Rs. 31000/36000 to
buy an iphone and made it available through EMI with tying up with few banks. I saw this info on iphone section of airtel
site (http://www.airtel.in/iphone3g)
Rajesh
September 3rd, 2008 at 7:03 am
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