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The blogosphere has been buzzing with news about the iPhone’s India launch. People have been hugely anticipating the pricing of the iPhone in India. Here’s what the Economic Times has to say.

We know that the iPhone will be priced at $199 in the USA, but what many of us do not know is that this is a subsidised price that Apple and AT&T have worked out. Going by market researcher iSuppli, each iPhone has been subsidised to the extent of $300! This subsidised rate is made up through higher call and SMS rates.

What that means for us is that we may not be seeing Airtel and Vodafone’s iPhone priced at Rs. 8000, not with SMS and call rates in India being one of the cheapest in the world (with plans to decrease even further). The price may instead be at around Rs. 21,000.

So would you be willing to pay 21,000 bucks for the new 8GB iPhone 3G when it hits Indian shores?

I’ve been bringing my readers constant updates about Airtel and the Apple iPhone 3G. Why not let me deliver those updates to you via email? It’s free, and zero spam/advertising. You’ve got nothing to lose.

Airtel’s Customer Care may have no clue about the Apple iPhone 3G, but Airtel has updated their website with a link to book the iPhone.

I’ll be dropping by the Airtel showroom near my place most likely tomorrow and ask them a few questions. Let’s see how this goes. The prospect of having the new Apple iPhone with Airtel (along with 3G of course ) has completely taken over my mind.

Vodafone’s iPhone 3G advertisement in The Times of India Chennai. A great sight for us Indians expecting the iPhone in India.

For more information, sms IPHONE to 56789.

For more information on the iPhone from AirTel, sms iPhone to 54321 (toll-free).

Nothing to see here… move along