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iPhone to be priced@ 
31,000
By Christo Jacob
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Thursday, 21 August 2008, 22:45 IST
Bangalore: Apple CEO Steve Jobs, who had promised at Worldwide Developer's Conference on June 10 while unveiling 3G iPhone that it would be made available at $199(8Gb), is no more to be true in India. Now Indian consumers, who have been waiting based on Jobs' promise have to pay 
31,000 for 8 Gb and 16 Gb for 36100.
The pricing is made available to the customers who have already made their booking on July 25. One of the Vodafone message says, "Your wait is about to end! iPhone 3G arrives on August 22. 8Gb model is for 31,000 and 16 Gb for 36100."
Earlier, the Bharthi Airtel operators said that they would make iPhone available in India at 20,000, they are further breaking their promises. Both Vodafone and Airtel will be launching the iPhone on August 22 and industry experts say bookings and pre-launch interest suggest that they would be able to sell over 100,000 phones in the next 12 months. Companies like Vodafone, which opened bookings for the phones in July, have already received booking requests of over 10,000 phones.
31,000 for 8 Gb and 16 Gb for 36100.
The pricing is made available to the customers who have already made their booking on July 25. One of the Vodafone message says, "Your wait is about to end! iPhone 3G arrives on August 22. 8Gb model is for 31,000 and 16 Gb for 36100."
Earlier, the Bharthi Airtel operators said that they would make iPhone available in India at 20,000, they are further breaking their promises. Both Vodafone and Airtel will be launching the iPhone on August 22 and industry experts say bookings and pre-launch interest suggest that they would be able to sell over 100,000 phones in the next 12 months. Companies like Vodafone, which opened bookings for the phones in July, have already received booking requests of over 10,000 phones.