Even I miss having relatives in 3G. 2G relatives are just no fun.
Yeah.hey're they take forever to land up from abroad!
But
google is the final decision maker as it is a nexus device,
Asus has its cc network already.... But It is more about why India comes last on the priority list, at the price points it can virtually kill other products in the market like ss
Galaxy tab2 etc.
similarly
Apple wants a 50% margin on sales from a country like India. yes Indians cant buy apple
iPhones at intl. rates now but after a few years they can, but at that time Apple will be like an Alien in the market as it never tried to build a brand image in India like
Samsung or try bringing country specific phones.
You yourself said it. It can kill samsung products(Galaxy, tab2) and samsung is pretty much important for google. Galaxy S3 is considered top phone in
android and
iPhone is ofcourse top of iOS.
Apple don't need to build up brand image. It already has pretty strong brand recall factor. Even some students(in my clg) who come from tier II towns know abt apple and its products.