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Do you think the iPhone will be a hit in India?

Created by : Rajdeep Rathod VLSI Design Engineer, Wipro   2 months ago
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After a long wait, the Apple iPhone 3G was launched across India by telecom majors Bharti Airtel and Vodafone on Thursday. Despite the hype and craze surrounding it, do you think the iPhone will be a hit in India?
 
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Good point vikas, I am sure that price will be further reduced by providers…

Vodafone slashes prices on iPhone 3G in India 


By Rajdeep Rathod VLSI Design Engineer, Wipro  2 months ago
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Yes, Apple has everything to make inroads into RIM’s Blackberry most important customers — large corporations — thanks to new phones and software that connects to Microsoft’s Exchange email/calendar servers. If we go by similar experiences internationally, the initial uptake of iPhone is likely to be encouraging, with sales over the next 12 months depending on customer feedback and product pricing. I estimates that each of the two operators (vodafone & Airtel) should sell around 100,000-200,000 phones in the first year.
By Vikash Jaiswal Business Analyst, SAP  2 months ago
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I feel nokia is slipping behind in the all-important Internet mobile device market, where Apple is now a big threat. Nokia reported that its “converged mobile devices” (the N-series and E-series) have 41 per cent of the market, where last year it had 51 per cent. This shows that iPhone is on the verge of taking market share from its competitors.....
By Radhakrishna Marar Business Analyst, Oracle  2 months ago
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I see no reason for iPhone to fail in India. I expect to see volumes even at this pricing. Those who own a Nokia N95 or BlackBerry devices priced at Rs 20,000 could be the first movers to iPhone.
By Rajdeep Rathod VLSI Design Engineer, Wipro  2 months ago
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I feel iPhone has the coolest design,amazing multi-touch interface and outstanding display and music but ultimately Vodafone and Airtel have to reduce the price and bring it to international levels, if they want more buyers.
By Rajdeep Rathod VLSI Design Engineer, Wipro  2 months ago
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The Iphone showed to the world that innovation can do wonders, but failed to do wonder itself. Though UX is great, but the features which it has, does not qualify it to be smart phone which it claims it is and even the price does not do justice (with contract or without). India is much mature market in term of mobile devices than other parts of world, and hence to be hit in India, it would require more than UX 
By Aman Saggar http://xplorsomething.blogspot.com/  1 months ago
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Iphone might not be a great choice for India. Looking at the price it seems like Iphone is targetting the upper middle class to the richer lot. The normal middle class and lower middle class form might not be interested in it. Moreover, for getting all services enabled on the phone you anyway need to pay extra which is the case here. Also, the competition for the Iphone is heating up with Google bringing in its own version of the touch phone with almost similar features and a lesser rate and so are other phone manufacturers like Nokia, Samsung etc.. Of course RIM, the makers of blackberry are coming with their version of the touch phone as well..so is the Iphone a hit? we cannot say right now but lets wait and watch..
By Naarayan R Client Servicing/Key Account Manager, Photon Infotech Pvt Ltd  1 months ago
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Absulutely right because features wise this is not compleate phone more than 21 drawbacks in this mobile as per the competition eye.
By MONINDER VAID Sales/BD Manager, SALORA INTERNATIONAL LTD  2 months ago
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Not at the price curently offerd
By Darpan Sinha Solution Architect, Fujitsu Consulting India Pvt Ltd  2 months ago
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Rajdeep your predictions are getting right,15% cut in iphone prices....but still 3G plays a crucial role for its success...
By Arun Sarin Business Analyst, Oracle  2 months ago
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Its Just Hype but it wont hit that much how they showed
By Rahul Reddy CEO, RRC  2 months ago
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I feel it won't be a bit hit as anticipated by the companies. The reasons could be form pricing, govt policy on 3g,features.
By Mallikarjuna Gupta Bhogavalli Sr. Product Manager, Oracle India Pvt Ltd  2 months ago
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According to the trade response the acceptance levels are very low. With both the service providers shipping in around 80K units into the country its an uphill task for them to make this a success. The phone lacks on pricing and certain technical aspects. To have more technical feedback on the product interested readers can visit www.gsmarena.com

The trade is not very upbeat about the sales so I guess its just a passing fad and there will be price drops in the coming near future due to festival season also.


By Rohit Mittal Product/Brand Manager, Redington India Limited  2 months ago
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IF you think you are ready to buy the new I-phone then think again. I suggest all you guys to wait until they fix the problems and reduce the prices a bit. So far as current stats are going. People are not buying the new i-phone as of yet.

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By Teddy Jacob Graphic/Web Designer, Free Lancer  2 months ago
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I feel for Indian mobile users SMS is important , unlike the US where it is possible to come across many business executives who do not  use SMS and I feel the iPhone is not crafted for heavy SMS usage with the reviews I received.
By Arun Sarin Business Analyst, Oracle  2 months ago
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Nope dont think so , why we pay 30000 for an normal phone , there is a lot of options like n series nokia , sony latest phones , black berry etc....
By Abhishek Tiwari Network Admin/System Admin, STPL INC.  2 months ago
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i don't think it will be hit in India. Yes, the way they have launched it, pople may be interested in buying it, but it does not have a long life i Indian market. We Indian wants to have best in low cost, while this one starts with 31,000/-
By Deepali Gulati Sales/BD Manager, Nvish Solutions Pvt. Ltd  2 months ago