AppleInsider StaffWireless carriers in India, the Czech Republic, Estonia, and Poland have joined those in Romania, the Philippines, and Hungary by announcing local availability of Apple's iPhone starting on August 22nd.
In India, both Bharti Airtel and Vodafone said customers can begin pre-registering for their respective iPhone 3G launches on August 22nd, but neither has provided any pricing details.
Bharti Airtel has about 69 million subscribers, while Vodafone Essar has about 49 million.
Czech Republic
Over in the Czech Republic, O2 said it has gained exclusive rights to market iPhone given that it's the only regional 3G network operator.
For individual customers, iPhone 3Gs will be available at all O2 brand stores from August 22. O2 business customers will be offered iPhone service via O2's business partners, the carrier said.
Customers who are interested in the iPhone 3G can register their interest and will receive pricing and other details at a later date.
Estonia
Meanwhile, TeliaSonera and EMT also announced plans to bring iPhone 3G to Estonia on August 22.
"The launch of iPhone 3G represents another strategic step for us in the development of the mobile broadband market and strengthens our position in the Nordic and Baltic region," said Kenneth Karlberg, president, Business Area Mobility Service, TeliaSonera.
Poland
Finally, both Orange and Era said they too will begin offering their subscribers the iPhone 3G on Aug 22nd.
India, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Poland, Romania, the Philippines, and Hungary are the first seven of twenty international stops announced as part of Apple's second phase iPhone 3G rollout.
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13 Comments
in india
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most of them are prepaid customers (aka GoPhone customers) if the price is rite it will be hit even then it will priced like (i guess) Rs 20,000 for 8Gb and Rs 25,000 for 16Gb which is kinda of steep ...
lots of mobile phone users in india than lots of PC users
there will NOT be a subsidy for the iPhone in India
in SIngapore
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it will be hit, iPod is already a hit, but out of 4 million, even if they sell 4,00,000 (10%) it will be hit, i assume there will be subsidy from SingTel on the phone
Yikes. Looks like I'm going to have to spend some time with babelfish localizing my app...
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It should be available at all 3 Czech GSM carriers (O2, T-Mobile, Vodafone). It will be interesting to see pricing difference...
Yikes. Looks like I'm going to have to spend some time with babelfish localizing my app...
"Your hovercraft is full of eels!"
My nipples explode with delight!
in india
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most of them are prepaid customers (aka GoPhone customers) if the price is rite it will be hit even then it will priced like (i guess) Rs 20,000 for 8Gb and Rs 25,000 for 16Gb which is kinda of steep ...
lots of mobile phone users in india than lots of PC users
there will NOT be a subsidy for the iPhone in India
That price is in line with other high-end phones in the country; when I was there the N95 (pre-8GB) was 30-35k Rs. With the setup in India I think their might be a large amount of single digit unit sales, even as low as one, to many of the independent shops all over the country at wholesale prices. When I was there I did notice that most of the smallest in shops in the major cities carried a high-end phone or two.