Only 20,000 iPhones sold in India; distributors offloading stock to Sri Lanka

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We all knew that the iPhone 3G wasn’t doing too well in India, at least in the official capacity. The lack of 3G, the high price point and the coupled high tariff plans were always a recipe for disaster. But we never realised just how badly it was doing till now.

The Telegraph is reporting that Airtel and Vodafone – the two official distributors of the iPhone in India – are unloading their unsold iPhones to other countries, such as Sri Lanka.

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cost is high in india...

Not only cost is high, we are forced to subscribe to plans which we normally would not subscribe.

Alternatively, this also shows that Indians have brains and a lot of common sense. With a plethora of seriously superior devices with hugely better functionality, iPhone is a wallet rip-off at its price.

I wouldn't want to pay that kind of premium for being able to slide my penis over the touch interface and make silly girls and brainless idiots go gaga.

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But Apple is GOD, dont forget that.