iPhone in India is priced at 31,000 for 8GB model and 36,100 for 16GB model.
Apple high price point was seen as a major disappoint among the growing apple fan following and the apple-pro user base. The best of the business and multi-media enabled phones cost 20-25k. India has a very good market for 20k-25k range. Apple should have at least priced the lower end model to 29,000.
Vodafone and Airtel were not ready with a data plan, warranty information and many other answers you would want before you choose to spend 31k.
Talking to a local franchisee revealed that iPhone sales are no-where-close to Blackberry and other smart phones even after the arrival of iPhone.
I am expecting a price dip soon - very soon!
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August 26th, 2008 at 1:14 am
30% import duty is what you are really complaining.
So complain to Indian government to not tax for luxury item.
12.5% VAT is also not factored it.
How about the need for a computer otherwise it is worthless.
Did you add that up also.
In America if you add $100 per month for 24 months gets you what.
August 26th, 2008 at 11:53 am
Apple is not selling to India’s customers at an excessively high price. The carriers are the ones gouging their customers with the high price - which is not Apple’s price.
India’s carriers should subsidize the iPhone. Then the price in India would be in line with every other country in the world.
September 5th, 2008 at 12:05 pm
Hi
Like all other electronic gizmos this will be cheaper, won’t it be? How much more is the owner of the set going to spend for the net access and stuff like that? I think, Apple has to think about this. It cannot just depend on US subsidy and stick to that.
Thanx.
Nanda
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