iPhone 4 launches in India

Aircel and Airtel have today launched the iPhone 4 in India. Both the companies held grand events at midnight across the country to announce the arrival of the much awaited smart phone in India. While the iPhone 4 was launched close to a year back in the US, it has just made its debut in India.

A new pricing structure will be in place for the device to cater to both the prepaid and post paid customers. The new pricing model allows customers to recover the upfront cost of their iPhone on select plans over the course of 24 months, making iPhone in India more affordable than ever.

The service providers will provide customers with a range of flexible service plans for both post-paid and pre-paid mobile customers.
Following an upfront payment of Rs. 34,500 for the 16GB model and Rs. 40,900 for the 32GB model, customers will have the opportunity to recover 100 percent of their upfront iPhone cost in monthly credits on their service plan over a period of 24 months.

Powered by Apple's A4, the iPhone 4 boasts of a retina display, FaceTime for video chat, 5MP rear facing camera with LED flash and HD video recording. Apple's App Store provides access to more than 350,000 apps.

"We are very proud to bring iPhone 4 to Aircel customers in India," said Mr. Sandip Das, Director, Aircel.  "We always endeavour to bring to our consumers a world class experience and offer the best in innovation and service. With a robust roll out of Aircel 's 3G services in 13 circles across India, the launch of iPhone 4 will allow our consumers to truly savour the 3G experience. With our incredible new price plans, we aim to make iPhone more affordable than ever."