Vodafone ready to offer Apple's iPhone in India - by rohit_939
Good news for all the gizmo freaks, as Vodafone is set to offer the Apple iPhone to its subscribers in India before 2008-end. The iPhone was first launched a year ago in the US with AT&T as an exclusive carrier. Its inaugural price was Rs 15,960 for 8GB and Rs 19,960 for 16GB with a two-year service agreement.
Vodafone will have to come up with a specific scheme in India in order to upgrade its existing customers to the iPhone as it is very likely that a vast majority of customers here will be from their existing prepaid customers spread across their 16 existing and 6 new circles. It remains to be seen whether Vodafone will offer a return policy for these iPhones. In the US, AT&T offers a 14-day return policy provided the phone is returned at the original point of purchase.
Later this year, Vodafone customers in Australia, the Czech Republic, Egypt, Greece, Italy, Portugal, New Zealand, South Africa and Turkey will also be able to purchase the iPhone for use on the Vodafone network. Vodafone, the world's largest mobile phone company by revenue, has been competing with operators and retailers to sell the iPhone, which is presently only available in the US, Britain, France, Germany, Ireland and Austria.