Vodafone Confirms Iphone Prices for India

27 Responses to “Vodafone Confirms Iphone Prices for India”

Asif Raj, on May 7th, 2008 at 12:04 pm Said:

Hi,

What is the source of this information ??

Very Very Surprising prices. History says that apple has been selling its products after charging the custom duties and taxes which effectively doubles its prices, and now selling iphone for 15K odd. But then, thinking that Vodafone will get the customers for two years might just do the trick. And one thing sure, you will see and iphone with almost everyone in India.

- Asif

rohit, on May 7th, 2008 at 4:07 pm Said:

even i doubt!!!!! almost immpossible

Ravi, on May 25th, 2008 at 10:27 pm Said:

Hmm,
I dont think that price for iPhone will same as in US.
If you tally prices for iPods suffels (1GB ) price in india is RS 2700 and in US $49( RS. 2000)…..so I think the prices for iPhone might be greater than the same in US.

Thanks
Ravi

Vinay Limbare, on June 25th, 2008 at 3:00 pm Said:

I think the price in US is 199 dollars but u’ll get it even more cheaper in Honkong.. In indian it s around 15K..

George, on June 26th, 2008 at 12:05 pm Said:

Guys,
What do you think the prices of iphone is in US now ? Its slashed by half from july,2008 onwards.So you needn’t speculate.Moreover, Mr.jobs want to sell iphone throughout the world for the same price.

Hehe,
George

salim, on June 27th, 2008 at 7:12 pm Said:

Guys the price of Iphone is very very very high……………… we have to pay almost 16 K and take a contact of 2 years is’nt this stuip……..

Vodafone is fooling us.

xyz, on June 27th, 2008 at 7:16 pm Said:

Either I PHONE of Vodafone is trying steal our pockets by taking 16 K and a 2 Years contract.

sahil, on June 30th, 2008 at 10:20 am Said:

Lol, i am going to buy it from the use then !!! :))

amit kaim, on July 1st, 2008 at 3:48 pm Said:

i want to know how much i pay for i phone

Abhijit, on July 1st, 2008 at 5:29 pm Said:

Hi Guys,

Thsi is all bulshit, i purchased it for 20k 16 GB model and 2 years contract with vodafone.

Guys i will request you dont go with vodafone ……

Abhijit

Saurabh, on July 2nd, 2008 at 10:32 am Said:

@abhijit…

Dear, When did you buy from vodafone ? its still pre registering…

Singh, on July 3rd, 2008 at 3:27 am Said:

This seems to be weired on both appleâ€™s and vodafoneâ€™s part that that why they are not willing to get it all from Indian market.. Indian market is a very price sensitive market.. in 20k i can get a Nokia N82 or other touch based phones(Though not with multi touch tech.) with loads of multimedia features packed along with it.. and the much hyped 3G is still waiting bandwidth allocation.. so we cannot squeeze the complete out of Iphoneâ€¦
So that confuses meâ€¦. what am i supposed to pay $400 for????? just a brand name????

I think apple should seriously think of opening a their retail stores in india and sell the unlocked version of the iphoneâ€¦
Otherwise it will lead to the same trend again.. get an Iphone from US and get it unlocked here in India.. which is highly unreliable and one would lose Iphoneâ€™s warranty and may also end up losing its charm tooâ€¦

Apple: if the price tag along with this Iphone is around $400 in India then youâ€™ll lose a big chunk of potential buyersâ€¦ and Iâ€™ll be definitely among them..
Years ago.. Microsoft fooled you.. donâ€™t let your own Wit loot u againâ€¦

Shakespeare: â€œOh these Deliberate fools, when they do choose they have the wisdom by their wit to looseâ€

Donâ€™t let that happen againâ€¦

and Guys… Vodafone is still not confirming the price…
I just asked the Vodafone Call center.. they are still unaware of this…
so can someone please share his source of information in this regard???????

Singh, on July 3rd, 2008 at 3:37 am Said:

hey guys check the date when this thread was created… it is of 7th May 2008 and the global Iphone scenario has changed dramatically after 10th Jun 2008…..

So i am not very sure if this thread is till giving the right data or not…………
hey Anantaraman: can you confirm the prices now??

justworks, on July 3rd, 2008 at 7:30 pm Said:

These are all hipes dude… u cant think of getting this thing for something like 16 k… heard like 4gb goes for Rs:9000/- [very similiar to US price of $200]
nyway let me tell you people… i got my hands on one of those braught from US and could use it with our BSNL sim without unlocking or doing anything with the phone…
so i recomend asking some1 in us to get one for you when they come home and you can use it with bsnl without any probs…..
NB:i’m not sure about other private networks

so there should not be a problem but its a quad band phone supporting all these frequencies(850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz)

sandeep, on July 5th, 2008 at 8:18 am Said:

HSDPA support huge effing touchscreen nice movie mode one of a kind design.( esp. that two finger shaman trick with the zoom , its voodoo man i tell ya ). And thats not the half of it.And 8 GB and 16GB inbuilt memory.
gee i wonder why they’re charging as much as they are lol :P.

There’s been talk about iphone killers and it’s been just that till now.Talk.
Pages and pages of talk.globally speaking , the chinese want iphones like mad.The indians are clued in too and so are the magyars and the brazilians.

All the countries that have been chosen for the second round show a set of similar strikingly demographic characteristic. High aspirationally driven teen population fairly good internet reach in urban areas ( including use ) and a noticably high propensity to spend along with peer level marketing reach.( so they dont have to advertise it ,you do it for them )

Add to that good hardware and an open platform for developing apps and the mirage of an iphone killer kinda fades into the distant horizon dontcha think . This is signature Jobsy all the way ., along with a young turk who’s just been promoted to ceo post at apple ( check the web for listings on “who’s going to take over apple after jobs” ) cant be arsed to post it here. do your own research .

Own one. If ya dont like it , you can junk it . theres iphanboys everywhere. U’ll get a good resale price. BUT FFS DONT TRASH TALK A FONE BEFORE TRYING IT. I MEAN SERIOUSLY GUYs, what did they put in your breakfast ?? or did they swap your Xanax pills for something more .. “worthy” of your baseline hallucinations?

Prakash, on July 7th, 2008 at 9:08 pm Said:

I do not think this would be a clever buy.

I have held the iphone and it is extremely slippery. Hence you will land up putting it inside of a container which can be held with ease.
But the problem there is the phone will look horrible. This is apple. The looks are just awesome. I think there is no real point to buying a apple product and covering it up with something.

Sure the features rock as well. But the whole package contains the look as well.

Ok now about the 3G. From what i hear, it has a different back panel for the phone (not the silver one). It is the normal one. The features are just brilliant, better battery, a common head phone jack, etc.

So I rather, wait for the 3G to come to India. Hope it comes

Rohit Nigamm, on July 7th, 2008 at 10:14 pm Said:

Its an exciting price iphone vodafone for just Rs.15960 for 8 GB. Vodafone customer care does not have the information with them. Still there might be alterations in pricing. Vodafone certainly would be charging high calling rates to cover up the subsidy in india

Vinay Limbare, on July 10th, 2008 at 1:33 pm Said:

Why dont u but a cracked version of iphone.. Its only that they dont give technical support.
I dont mean that u ll ve to buy from grey market…

subin, on July 10th, 2008 at 4:57 pm Said:

Hi Guys,

Im a vodafone customer since years, starting from BPL and my number is still the same.

so if i buy an iphone will i be able to continue with the same number?

kk, on July 14th, 2008 at 12:54 am Said:

iPhone misht sell with a premium of Max 15% on USA Price because of customs and other related tax as they sell Macs..So, expecting a price of 199+15% ie $230, Can vary somewhere between 12k to 14k for sure and Cant be more than That.
Guys , This is the first time Apple is trying to make its Market in Entire Asian Market among the competors..So, i’, quite positive over the pricing and it can never be more than 15k which is not competetive then and everyone will start geting their handsets from abroad

ishan, on July 14th, 2008 at 10:26 pm Said:

people in america it might cost around 200 but the companies cover the price with a 2 or 3 year contract…nd bills there are not even close to what people spend in india …i mean its way more…..i live in canada and i got my iphone through ebay and after paying all customs and shipping it cost me $cad 570(approx 24000)…i am using it in india theese days…i dont think it is very suitable for india…because it surely isnt a rough and tuff phone and needs a great deal of care….but everything apart it is simply awsome…..

ishan, on July 14th, 2008 at 10:28 pm Said:

Madhu, on July 14th, 2008 at 11:48 pm Said:

!!! BEWARE OF BUYING iPhone 3G !!!

Friends …..those of you in India planning for iPhone… THINK TWICE BEFORE MAKING A DECISION… The short comings of iPhone are endless…

No video calling,

no AD2P on the Bluetooth,

CAN’T share ANY (mp3, images,videos….) files via bluetooth,

can’t use as a wireless modem, (you pay ridiculous data charges to activate internet on your phone, but cannot connect it to your PC and browse when you are at home)

no copy and paste,(cannot copy a part of a…. say…. email & send it….have to type it out yourself)

no 3.2 or 5 megapixel camera,(the 2MP camera it carries is worst camera i’ve ever seen….. photos look like they have come out of a VGA camera)

no video recording with camera,

no front camera,

no flash.

no JAVA support

No physical keyboard (BELIEVE me! this alone is a dealbreaker…touch keyboard as good as it looks…once you use it then only you come to know about the importance of having a hard keypad)

No 3G network yet in India..so why pay for expensive 3G phone if you cant use its 3G services … so, for India, iPhone 2.0 is no better than its first version

No removable battery. (You cannot change battery. Have to send it to apple outlet.. Come on now!!!!…This is not an iPod. Its a bloody phone. You cannot live without phone for 2-3 days)

No haptic feedback and

cannot send MMS,

can’t use as external storage device (16 GB of utter waste..next time you go to your friend’s house & find some interesting songs, movies, etc…sorry you cannot connect your ‘16 GB’ phone and share it!!!! Apple apparently has a solution.. ” BUY MUSIC & MOVIES FROM iTUNES STORE “….. Give me a break will you APPLE!!!)

no FM radio,

can’t use your mp3 files as ringtones,(This is heights man!!!)

cannot insert any other SIM cardâ€¦.

completely tied to iTunes… Connect to your friend’s iTunes & you risk erasing everything on your phone.

list goes on & on & onâ€¦.

We Indians are used to these features. Most of our phones already have these features. & we cannot do with out them…. i mean can you imagine paying so much for a phone with which you cannot transfer files via bluetooth. what age is this …STONE AGE???

Some features may be activated by jailbreak.. But why the hell should you risk losing your warranty after paying so much.

And want to add third party softwares??.. YOU HAVE TO BUY THEM FROM iTUNES STORE ONLY!!! . (Shell out more money). Apple is a bloody control freak. Dont surrender your freedom to it.

Its good for american market (who have no idea what mobile freedom/choice is) which is in stone age compared to asian/european markets. When they want to buy a phone, they have to go to network operators and buy only those phones that are available on that network. & stick to that company till their contract expires. You want to change carriers? Not before paying damages, & buying another phone on the other network again.

On the contrary, we in India have so much freedom. We go to handset shops & buy which ever phone we like. Then go to carriers.. checkout the plans & buy SIM.. Dont like the plan or rival carrier came up with a better plan???? EASY .. just remove & replace the SIM.

Apple are trying to IMPOSE THEIR MODEL ON US riding on the hype iPhone has created in the US (yes it was a flop in Europe ..thats why Apple never talks about its sales in Europe).

Dont fall for the subsidized price of iPhone… CHECKOUT THE DATA PLAN ATTACHED TO ITS SIM ..they will recover the cost through ridiculous data plans. Bill might come to around Rs 2500/month.(ATLEAST AMERICANS PAY THAT MUCH)

Let me clear one thing though.. iphone is the best looking phone (its touch interface is nothing like you have ever seen ), & best browsing experience out there no doubt …. (& others are fast catching up..check out the android demo at Google IO 2008)…. BUT AFTER A FEW DAYS IT ALL COMES DOWN TO FUNCTIONALITY…

Those of who buy it… You will be most happy for atmost a week… & then, MARK MY WORDS…YOU WILL START REGRETTING IT!!!

My advice…WAIT FOR HTC DREAM!! (powered by android). Still not convinced by then…by all means go for iPhone…

So friends lets spread this info to all our friends and help them in making a wise decision….. & those of you who have bought unlocked versions already please share your experiences with others

sanjay ramaswamy, on July 15th, 2008 at 12:00 pm Said:

it may not be at economy price in india like Rs.10,000

if do it priced before that then only it could be feel great success

Amit Shahi, on July 15th, 2008 at 5:08 pm Said:

After reading madhu’s comments i think it is not wise at all to buy iphone. It is too expensive. Anyways the real picture will become clear only when it comes in the hands of common man.

vikas kumar, on July 15th, 2008 at 7:12 pm Said:

if i will purchase iphone in us and india.what r diff. in both.if iwill purchase in us then came to india any jsm sim will use.any type of prob will be creat in india.plz give me my ans

mohit, on July 19th, 2008 at 10:34 pm Said:

hey all i phone freaks let me tell you that there is no video recording and no bluetooth sharing on i phone.