The Apple iPhone 3G was launched across India by telecom majors Bharti Airtel and Vodafone. It is priced at Rs 31,000 for 8GB and Rs 36,100 for 16GB of memory space.
In Vodafone, the phone will be available through 250 stores in 50 cities across India. Apple stores will also stock the product.In Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata and Bangalore, customers who have paid Rs 10,000 advance will be invited to pick up their phones at midnight. Executives said the company has received bookings from over 2,000 customers.
Airtel, however, said it has had over 200,000 pre-registrations. It will launch the phone in more than 65 cities beginning tomorrow. To woo more customers it will also offer 500 MB of downloads free of cost for a year apart from some other value-added services.
Swati, a college student, was the first one to pick up an iPhone at Gurgaon’s Sahara Mall. Swati was waiting at the Sahara Mall from 7 pm The phone was handed over to her by Sanjay Kapoor, president of Bharti Mobile Services.
Another customer Rakesh whooped with excitement after he bought his iPhone. “I’m excited because I have got an Apple iPhone. I am not bothered about the price. Good things come at a price,” Malik told reporters.
High price and lack of high-end 3G services seem to have damaged Apple’s iPhone launch party in India. Only a few buyers turned up at midnight launches done by both the operators across eight cities in India.
The phone comes locked to the service provider, which means a user cannot switch his or her operator while using an iPhone.
Source:http://iphoneindia.com/
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