5 Questions about iPhone in India
It was recently announced that iPhone is being launched in India around September 2006 by Vodafone, almost a year after it was first introduced in US.
India is a unique iPhone market because of the fact that we already have thousands of iPhone users who have been using unlocked iPhones in India. Apart from the obivious question about the price, there are some more answers that eager iPhone fans in India seek from Apple/Vodafone.
1. Tariff Plans
Since the phone will be in partnership with Vodafone, it will most certainly be carrier locked by them but.. Is Vodafone going to introduce special (read costly) tariff plans for iPhone users or can any Vodafone postpaid user be eligible to buy and use iPhone? AT&T has some special iPhone plans and has also classified some of its existing plans as ‘qualifying iPhone plans’. Secondly, will iPhone be available pan-India or only in select geographical regions?
2. Visual Voicemail
Voicemail usage in India is very low, the main reason for this being lack of awareness and high charges. All this can change by iPhone’s revolutionary Visual Voicemail - It is a voicemail system where users can see on thier iPhone screens all the pending voicemails and only listen (and be charged for) to those which they choose. This system cost AT&T a small fortune to set up in US, will Vodafone be willing to invest in it for their Indian iPhone users?
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