After observing all of your comments, I am not denying your point. But should see other side of coin also. The other markets

which are available with the same features or similar features were/are also priced very high. Eg Nokia E 90 @ >Rs.30000/-

Nokia N 95 .Rs.25000, HTC Touch diamond @ Rs.27500/-, Samsung Omania @ Rs. 35 K plus, BlackBerry 8820 @32000.

So, as a whole if somebody who is targeting for this budget, it does not seem high when you buy a product from Apple. I have

very good image of Apple in my mind.

Hope to listen from other netizens.

Thanks
Rajiv

If the price of the 3G iPhone is around 20-22 grand minus any sort of yearly contract with Airtel or Vodafone, I will go for it in a jiffy. But a contract is what I will be forced into a contract(even if the iPhone price is lesser than predicted), then the answer is a big NO.

In that case I will go with HTC Touch Diamond. A sexy piece I might add.

You *don’t* want to compare the economics of the captive and locked iPhone to the thriving, successful wireless market in India and China. Indeed, Nokia, the world market share leader, has largely given up on the US market and rightfully so. The iPhone has an excellent and intuitive UI- but in terms of specifications and features competing phones have much better implementations. The camera in the iPhone is crap- try and compare the pictures taken from a K850i or a N82 side by side with the iPhone taken pictures.

iPhone will launch in India with the same $200 price tag. Your contract with the network operators (Airtel and Vodaphone) will be for a minimum 2 years. Airtel/Vodaphone will obviously club in their plan charges for a period of 2 years, thereby increasing the total cost to Rs 20k.

Apple will charge Rs 8250 for the hardware. It’s Airtel who will bring the cost to Rs 20k. Rs 20k for 24 months is what you pay. If we get 3G, free calls/SMSes and other VAS, then for Rs 830/month seems to be reasonable. Don’t confuse iPhone is costly. Remember you won’t pay network usage every month.

If your N 80 costs Rs 20k, please check how much you’re going to pay for 2 years to the network.

Anyways, OpenMoko’s Neo FreeRunner is, IMHO, a better option, for it is open hardware, open source software, costs the same as iPhone, and although lacks on storage, it (more than) compensates with an option to stick your USB drives in it. Moreover, it was released in India at the same time it was released in US(F*c*ing)A, so you won’t be paying to snooty morons!

Disclaimer : I respect the individual freedom and know that it is up to the individual to decide what to buy and what not to and also to decide how much money is to be spent and on what kind of things, but just a thought.

I just wonder why people have to buy a new phone everytime a “XYZ” company launches a new mobile (the same thing goes for iPod).

Dont you guyz have liquidity crunch in your(i mean those who are bying a new mobile every 3 months and not YOU sak) lives?
Are your lives picture perfect without any problems?
Dont you want to save money for a rainy day?
Dont you believe in creating wealth thru investmnets and other options(the same money could have been invested in MF or stocks or in Gold like things)

What I think is one should go for new gizmos only if they are really required and not because they are available in the market.
Or is it the case that you just want to flash it in ur frnd circle?

Think of people who dont know from where their next meal will come from, I’m not saying you to donate ur money to them but at least know the value of money.

You should know how valuable these 10K Rs(I’m assuming these being wasted on a new mobile phone even if you have one) will be just in case(god forbid) somebody from the family is hospitalized.

Dont just do things because someone else is doing or to show how mod/forward/progressive(and whatever ) you are .

Dont forget that the mobile you have was the coolest one in the market when you bought it , it will never stop; new modeles will keep coming.

I think as long as you have a decent mobile phone and you can receive/do call with ease there is no need to for a new mobile .
This is just consumerism and shows how money is beisng wasted on useless things(I know this in turn increase our GDP and GNP but the same money could have been spent on more creative things/ways)

Regards,
Arnie the annon

happy shopping for neweset and coolest things in the market
Sorry if i went overboard

But yes, it’s a cool thing to show off. Once the phone’s UI loses its initial novelty, you’ll find that much of the phone’s features and functionality are actually below par compared to the Sony-Ericsson and Nokia models of the same price range.