Click to play videoNew Delhi: The new iPHONE has created a lot of excitement amongst buyers in the Indian market. The gizmo has been in India unofficially for almost a year now. However, the worth of the phone is yet to be gauged.
The phone works on only cell phone signals from AT&T in the US. Therefore its usage value in India seems low. The new iPhone is 3G enabled but India does not support that. Therefore one has to wait for upgraded software and an official warranty, which Grey market phones will never provide.
Sources at cellphonepassion.com say five to eight hundred Iphone’s are flown into Delhi alone every week and sold in black market outlets.
An iPHONE in India’s grey market costs twenty three thousand bucks. A relative flying in from abroad could cost sixteen grand. And now, the official iPhone will sell for close to thirty one thousand rupees. With advantages weighing too low for this new gizmo, owning an Iphone may not be worthy.
Both Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Essar will launch the device on Thursday
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