8GB iPhone to cost Rs 31,000, 16GB for 37,000

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iMav said:
HTCs; Nokias & SEs. ALl the regular guys have their own 3G handsets. Business class fones are all 3G enabled.
NO. You will only get left-overs. Apple no longer makes those phones.
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So iPhone was launched before? I never knew about this...how come?:confused: Why not so much hype about the older iPhone?
 
Pat

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gagandeep said:
Well, I think that if the great Apple would had directly priced the iPhone perfectly (like Nokia & SE do), then there would had been no need of this **Revenue sharing** between Apple & Aritel/Vodafone.....And in the end customers wouldn't had been looted.
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Just one request. Refrain from posting about something that you dont understand or dont know. Peace. :)

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So iPhone was launched before? I never knew about this...how come?:confused: Why not so much hype about the older iPhone?
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It was not launced in India. We directly get the iPhone 3G.
 
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iMav

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The Conqueror said:
So iPhone was launched before? I never knew about this...how come?:confused: Why not so much hype about the older iPhone?
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The earlier iPhone was launched in US and parts of Europe not in Aisia it is the 3G version that is being launched in India. Were you sleeping or something for 1 year?
 
aryayush

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nikeel said:
Keeping the mobile vs laptop comparison aside, do u really think that the iPhone is worth Rs.31000 ??
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Locked to the carrier, no, it isn’t.

Unlocked, if they offer it, the iPhone is worth even Rs. 40,000, simply by virtue of its being a unique proposition. There are other phones that do other things well, things that the iPhone does in a half-assed way. But the things that the iPhone does well, no other phone even comes close. And those are the things that are most important, at least to me.

It’s also a matter of priorities and personal preferences, of course. If SMS is of prime importance to you, for example, the iPhone (at any price) is not worth it for you. :)

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I am sure you will buy it..... but for neutral users (those who are neither Apple fanboys nor anti-Apple) it makes no sense !!
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At Rs. 31,000, and locked to Vodafone? No, I wouldn’t buy it either. Which is why I bought it in advance of the Indian launch. I snagged a 16GB, unlocked and contract free, for Rs. 27,000. Sure, it doesn’t have warranty but that was a risk I was willing to take.
 
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iMav said:
The earlier iPhone was launched in US and parts of Europe not in Aisia it is the 3G version that is being launched in India. Were you sleeping or something for 1 year?
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No , I had Not been updated with this news
 
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Pat

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aryayush said:
I snagged a 16GB, unlocked and contract free, for Rs. 27,000. Sure, it doesn’t have warranty but that was a risk I was willing to take.
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Dude can you please confirm what happens to the *illegit* first-gen iphone when its battery dies ? I am planning to get a first-gen iPhone and want to confirm this before I buy.
 
iMav

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^^ Full support NOT from Apple. You can get it serviced from other retailers, chances are if you know a store and have good relations they might *help* you with it. My couz who owns the first gen phone has got his broken front screen repaired from Delhi (not Apple retailer) for 9k.
 
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gagandeep said:
Well, I think that if the great Apple would had directly priced the iPhone perfectly (like Nokia & SE do), then there would had been no need of this **Revenue sharing** between Apple & Aritel/Vodafone.....And in the end customers wouldn't had been looted.
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I Agree with you.
 
aryayush

aryayush

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Pat said:
Dude can you please confirm what happens to the *illegit* first-gen iphone when its battery dies ? I am planning to get a first-gen iPhone and want to confirm this before I buy.
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You take it to the an Apple Authorised Reseller and they fix it for you, possibly charging you a bomb for it. Alternatively, you can opt for any of the tens of other third party solutions that will have crept up by the time the batteries of all these first gen iPhones start conking out.
 
dreamcatcher

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The Iphone, by pricing itself insanely has decided to make itself a product for the dumb niche market.

Well, with the iphone, you need to buy a voda conn, unless you dont have one. So much for locked. :D

N96 will in no way challenge the iphone. Most people will go into the store and ask.

Customer-Whats the difference between the N96 and the N95??
Salesman- it has a card slot and can also play TV
Customer-Wow, it can play Star plus??I want to watch all the K serials.
Salesman-Sorry, only Doordarshan
Customer-Crap.Get me the Iphone. :lol:
 
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Pat said:
by locked, I mean network-locked and not plan-locked.

For people who want to know the difference, Network-locked means you cant use it with other operators (unless u patch it illegally). Plan-locked means you have to pay a fixed amount as monthly rental for the entire duration of the contract,
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there is only one lock that prevents using other networks-the network/sim lock/whatever u call it.

Plan lock is nothing..its the contract u have to sign to pay the money..if u remember REliance mobile's Samsung phone.

AND PLZ STOP COMPARING N96..its a non touchscreen phone and it was never meant to counter Iphone.Nokia is smart enough and if they need to do that they would do it with a TOUCH phone.all those camera specs,etc,etc are your own pov's.and i'm not favouring the iphone,ever,irrespective of whether i own it or not,just clearing something. period.
 
m-jeri

m-jeri

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^^^

ur monologue of the avg customer is great.... ;)

can u do one with a sony phone... hhheheheh....

iphone pricing in india sucks.period.not the phone the price sucks.dunno what kinda pot they were using.fools.
 
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IF Airtel releases iPhone for about 13-14K [locked] then I would SURELY get it anyhow..But I dont think it gonna happen :|
 
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