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Launch Apple’s 3G iPhone made its debut in India on Thursday midnight when it was launched in a function held in New Delhi. Function was jointly organized by Airtel and Vodafone Essar. U.S technology major has tied up with both of these telecom companies and have allowed them to sell the iPhone. This phone can also be bought from the Apple stores.

Enthusiasm Contrary to the mass hysteria that had marked its launch in Europe and US, a very few people had gathered at the Vodafone and Airtel stores to buy the phone. But all were very enthusiastic about the phone. The price of the 3G iPhone has been declared 31,000 rupees for the 8GB model, and 36,100 rupees for the 16GB model. Thousands of people had bought the phone within a few day when it was launched in June 2007 in US. Airtel President(mobile Services) Sanjay Kapoor has said that his company had received more that 2 lakh pre-bookings for the latest version of the iPhone even before the announcement of prices. But Manufacturing company has expected to sell as many as 10.5 million iPhones this year.

High Rates Even though 3G services have not yet been started in India but both the mobile operators are selling the phone at a very high rate as compared to its price rate in US. But it is being said that the difference in rates is because of various schemes. Both the Indian operators have not subscribed the handset as it has been done  in US by AT&T..

Users According to the reports there are more than 150,000 iPhone(2G) that are being used  in India. They have been either imported of bought in the gray market. A user can not switch his or her mobile services provider while using his iPhone because this phone comes locked to the service provider. But there are a number of softwares available in the gray market that can unlock the iPhone. 

iphone Features This phone promises of faster web speeds, instant messaging,  video games and a lot of memory space. But we can not forward messages and copy-paste text. Except it camera lacks flash, auto-focus , optical zoom or video recording services. But some operations on pictures can be performed as pictures can be expanded , shrunk and moved around the screen etc.