Yesterday Aug 22,iPhone, the much-awaited multimedia rich mobile phone from Apple Computers, is finally available in India with the stroke of the midnight.
Rudra Khurana, a 14-year-old high school student, was among the first in the country to buy the iPhone a minute past midnight on Friday.The entry-level model is priced at Rs 31,000 for a 8GB memory, while the other model with 16 GB memory is priced at Rs 36,100.
Both Vodafone and Airtel launched the iPhone at mid-night and have priced the product at parity with each other.According to Naveen Mishra, Analyst, Communications Research, IDC India, "The iPhone with Apple's brand equity, stunning looks and aesthetics is being viewed as the 'ultimate consumer mobile device to own' and is being promoted as such by the vendor.