Image via CrunchBase, source unknown The Iphone is finally going to be launched in India tomorrow after the long wait. Its going to be available via Vodafone, and Bharti (Airtel), and is being priced at Rs. 31000 for the 8GB version. Thats US $715.
And that, like everything else in India, is super over priced. It retails for $199 in the US and UK. Thats more than triple the price in India. I’m sure people will still buy it. If newspapers are to be trusted (and I really mean that), it was previously retailing at Rs 75000 when the Iphone just launched, and is now at Rs 45000. What I wonder is, who buys it at such high costs? Don’t they know there are better products in the market for a smaller price? Lets not forget that India is still not 3G capable, and the providers themselves state that all features will not work (although they neglect to mention which).
The people in Canada are protesting against high Iphone prices . The ruined iphone site, is something that people in India should follow. The thing is, we are used to getting everything at a high price. The grey market is thriving pretty well because of that. Doesn’t the government realize?
0 Responses to “Super Pricey IPhone reaches India”