Airtel to launch 3G iPhone on Aug 22

[neevarp]

According to today's Hindu newspaper, Vodafone too will be launching the phone on August 22nd.

 

[Sushubh]

the pricing is still a secret because none of the two companies (vodafone and airtel) wants to come out first... the second player would have the advantage of pricing its services lower than the other one... airtel just might have an advantage here because they should have cheaper access to international internet gateways...iPhone would probably be the first device where internet charges are going to matter more than calling charges.

 

[Rush]

Its funny some people still think the phone will be launched with a subsidized rate of ($200).... =/Nothing less than 20k for the 4GB model. Thats my guess..Lets wait out!

 

[Sushubh]

there is no 4 gb model... 8gb and 16gb editions only.

 

[kuld33p]

It seems like some tender is open and both companies want to bid highest price.

 

[amey84]

even vodafone is coming wid iPhone, and price may be varied from 25-35 k but soon will goes down

 

[kuld33p]

Good to hear that...should have read 1 or 2 threads in this section before posting this one.

 

[Sushubh]

and why would they go down?

 

[kuld33p]

He is treating iPhone as some other Chinese phone.

 

[Sushubh]

the only hope for us customers is that airtel and vodafone try to undercut each other by dropping the price of the iPhone.it's a rare chance for vodafone to hit Airtel by subsidizing iPhone's cost for their customers.