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iPhone 3GS to hit the market tommorow in India

Posted: 25 Mar 2010 04:08 PM PDT

The country’s largest mobile operator calculated based on the subscriber base Bharti Airtel on Wednesday said that it would sell Apple’s iPhone 3GS in the country from March 26th.The handset will be priced at 35,500 INR for the 16Gb model and 41,500 INR for the 32 GB variant.Additionally if you want the 8 GB version of it this comes with a price tag of 29,500 INR.Equipped with a longer battery life, the handset comes with a 3 MP autofocus camera which allows video recording and hands free free voice control.Appl’s app store provides access to more than 1.5 lakh apps across games, social networking , financial planning and heath management.iPhone is available in more than 80 countries around the whole world.

We are delighted with the oppurtunity to bring the eagerly awaited iPhone 3GS in India.Combining the strength of the Airtel brand and network with the greatest user interface of iPhone 3GS, we are happy to bring to our customers an experience that will take mobile communications to a whole new level quoted the Bharti Airtel President(Mobile services) Atul Bindal.

Customers of iPhone 3GS would get 500MB of free data every month for a year from the date of activation.Bharti airtel has alreayd submitted its bid in a Bandwidth auction for the 3G mobile telephony services in India and successful bidders would be allowed to offer 3G services on a commercial basis by this end of the year.

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Airtel now has an iPhone 3GS website up too. Like the 3G, the 3GS too will be locked to Airtel. You can use any other existing Airtel SIM cards though. The phone is already available in India through the grey market at ridiculous prices.

Previously there were rumors that it would be released in August or September 19th to be precise but it was delayed.But finally today it would be launched in India on the best network in India i .e Airtel.Those of the users in India who wish to buy from the United states and get it shipped to your place gimme me a contact on my mail and i ll give you a price quote on how much it would be to ship it to your place.