Well what seemed like a distant dream for an Indian mobile consumer will be a reality on August 22 as the much hyped mobile of the recent times the Apple Iphone 3g will be out officially so no more running to the grey markets and getting the without warranty Iphone's.
India's leading operators Bharti Airtel and Vodafone on Wednesday said they will launch the iPhone 3G on August 22.
The two companies have been inviting their customers to book their phones ahead of the launch, but did not divulge the volume of the demand so far, nor the price of either the phone or the service. However, it is highly likely that both will offer similar if not identical rates.
"We need to apprise customers of the price before we can get a realistic estimate of the actual number of people who will buy the phone," said a source in Vodafone.
The iPhone was first launched a year ago in US with AT&T as an exclusive carrier. Its inaugural price was Rs 15,960 for 8GB and Rs 19,960 for 16GB with a two-year service agreement.
It remains to be seen whether Vodafone and Airtel will offer a return policy for these iPhones. In the US, AT&T offers a 14-day return policy provided the phone is returned at the original point of purchase.
Usually, Apple signs a multi-year exclusive partnership where the iPhone is only available with the wireless service from one carrier in one country. The Apple iPhone 3G has been the technology revelation of the year, combining all the revolutionary features of iPhone plus 3G networking.
Lets have a look at the launch video of the Apple Iphone 3g
The new IPhone, looks very similar to the old one but has a glossy black or white plastic in place of a metal back cover.
Even though this next generation IPhone has much lower price point, it has host of mouth watering features built into it.
The best part is that new Iphone runs on third-generation (3G) wireless networks and loads Internet pages nearly 3 times faster than its previous avatar. The Iphone has much improved email features too.
The new Iphone also includes satellite navigation capability and comes with a inbuilt 8GB memory, which I think is more than sufficient to most of us.
A new service, “MobileMe,” will automatically send e-mail and other information to iPhones, similar to Microsoft Corp’s Exchange e-mail server product. The pay service will replace Apple’s .Mac service and offer Web applications intended to make the phone work more like a desktop computer.
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