In India, the iPhone wait is over. Nah, the iPhone wait has just begun.
Take a deep breath. This will surely blow your heads. What? Vodafone has launched the Apple iPhone 3G in India. So? They have priced it at Rs.31,000. That's US $708. Big Deal? Nah, just that India has no 3G operator yet. India, the low-cost market where US companies outsource their work because it offers them cost advantage. A market with a middle-class population that surpasses the total population of Europe and is a wonderful place to do business. One might think targeting the masses here would make a very good business sense, but looks like Vodafone and Apple marketing crooks have something else in mind. Apple has also tied up with Airtel to sell iPhone in India. A column in Economic Times read: Interestingly, the move to partner Airtel and Vodafone marks a major shift in Apple’s global strategy of ‘one country-one operator’. With India emerging as the fastest-growing cellular market, Apple wanted to maximize its exposure here as Airtel and Vodafone have a combined s