Vodafone may launch the Apple iPhone in India

Vodafone India, the arm of UK based telecom company Vodafone, is likely to carry Apple’s much awaited Mac OS X based iPhone in September 08 as per rumours spread in the country.

Vodafone has denied any such plans, but, various internal official sources say that Vodafone has signed a deal with Apple to carry iPhone in India, the biggest mobile phone market in the world.

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Apple has targeted to sell 10-millions mobile by the end of this year. It’s selling in European countries are slowly decreasing while China, the biggest market of mobiles have already denied to carry it.

Apple’s iPhone is an iPod and wireless Internet browser, an camera and a phone all rolled into one.

Pricing and Availability:

Initially, the 8gb iPhone should be available for around Rs. 28,000.

Source:- *tinyurl.com/3ss4yw

The coverage of Vodafone isn't good here in Delhi-NCR as compared to Airtel...

Moreover, Airtel is available in all the 23 circles of India. Vodafone isn't available in Assam, Bihar, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Madhya Pradesh, Orissa and the North Eastern States. So, I think Airtel would have been better if considering all India coverage.

I would have been happy, if it was going to be launched with Airtel......

Anyways, this is an another iPhone thread. I don't want to start one more iPhone arguement here......

All I can say is, 28K is way way too high for iPhone.

All i can say is yes its way too expensive..thats why i bought 16 G for 23.5....hehehhehe........and using it in airtel....

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gagandeep said:
The coverage of Vodafone isn't good here in Delhi-NCR as compared to Airtel...

Don't think so

there's another thread running on these topic

asnvin said:
Don't think so

Here in Gurgaon, coverage of Airtel is a lot better than Vodafone. I can't say about whole of Delhi, but I can gaurantee of the R.K. Puram and sorrounding areas, coverage of Airtel is better than Vodafone. Teachers in my mother's school experience low Vodafone signals whereas signal of Airtel is always good.

Vicky333 said:
there's another thread running on these topic

It was running.......

28K sux big time for this device

Offtopic

It is very clear where the thread is going

^ yeah ... so shud it meet the same fate as of the earlier threads ?

madjeri said:
All i can say is yes its way too expensive..thats why i bought 16 G for 23.5....hehehhehe........and using it in airtel....

You got the iPhone? When? And congrats.

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my bro is bringing me 16 GB iphone next mnth ..

y r the prices so much higher with respect to US ... ? is it bcoz of tax or Apple just hikes d price to get the exclusive factor ?

^^^coz apple have no base here and the sales are low + duty(obvious)

Any idea about locking of the device? And whether it will come with plans like in the USA or like the indian plans, where a mobile can be used with Rs.10 to as much as you want!
Also, will the internet data plan be compulsary?
I have seen the iphone with a few friends, must say that the screen was very very dirty with sticky stuff. I think a combination of sweat and dust and what not...

The best option is to get a iPhone from the US(and now UK) and unlock it.

^^ Not UK. It's almost the same in UK as it is in India (currently).

@alsiladka: No one knows what plans the iPhone will come with. It will definitely be post paid or some minimum monthly payment. Of course, that is if you are on the contract.

i think it would be locked.
No other service provider's sim would work.

B'cause i bought 1 Hutch mob (some offer on it, therefore)some 2 years ago & it was locked. I have to give some 300 Rs to unlock it.
That's y i m thinking thisway.

It sure is locked. But unlocking it doesn't require you to have a PhD (although I'm sure, making that unlocking software sure needs some brains).

Google could have saved your 300 bucks. Definitely so in the case of the iPhone.

@goobi isnt the iphone cheaper now in the uk? Didnt they announce price cuts following rumours of a 3g iphone?

Assuming that the Pound is Rs. 80, then it costs 21500 for the 8GB in the UK. That's the same what I paid out here.

Why don't they understand that iPhone does not command such a price

*www.thinkdigit.com/forum/showthread.php?t=85545
This is what I m talking about.

When the minimum wage in UK is around 6 pounds an hour, a ticket on the subway is 3 pounds, suddenly 260 pounds doesn't seem like a lot. And yes, it does command such a price.

@pathiks: I see. Then that's really good. Although, if you are buying from O2, you will have to sign up for the contract while buying it (at least that's what i assume it would be).

gary4gar said:
Why don't they understand that iPhone does not command such a price

Maybe because people are buying it by the truckloads so far, without the warranty, at whatever price they can get it at? If you were Apple and you had a hot product that people were queuing to buy, would you not want to eek the maximum profit out of it? Steve Jobs is running a business and the bottom line is all that matters in the end.

Having said that, a price of Rs. 28,000 for the 8GB, if this rumour turns out to be true, is way too much. For a little more than that, you can buy two of those from the United States—screw the warranty!

goobimama said:
When the minimum wage in UK is around 6 pounds an hour, a ticket on the subway is 3 pounds, suddenly 260 pounds doesn't seem like a lot. And yes, it does command such a price.

@pathiks: I see. Then that's really good. Although, if you are buying from O2, you will have to sign up for the contract while buying it (at least that's what i assume it would be).

Thats not correct..You can walk in to a CPW or O2 store, buy an iphone for 169 pounds and move out freely!