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The much awaited iPhone 3G was launched in India on August 22nd and the bad days of Apple, Vodafone and AirTel started on the same day. Price of the iPhone 3G was and is one of the biggest factor that had a negative impact on the iPhone launch and the sentiments of the Indian mobile phone user. Non-availability of 3G spectrum, other limitations of the iPhone 3G were some of the other factors that fueled the downtrend of the iPhone 3G in the Indian market. What was Apple thinking when they came up with this kind of pricing for the iPhone. AirTel and Vodafone sold just 1500 iPhones in first two weeks of the launch. This figure is really embarrassing for  a company like Apple who had broke all records with the US launch of the 3G iPhone. iPhone 3G's dismal performance in the Indian market has led these things, which nobody would have imagined:

• AirTel and Vodafone selling the iPhone 3G on EMI
• Vodafone lowering down the price of 3G iPhone by 1500 bucks in just one month of its launch
• AirTel is also rumored to lower the price of the 3G iPhone
• AirTel will not air any more ads on the Television now and they have told their media agencies not to do anything for atleast coming three months

Just imagine the situation if Apple would have launched the iPhone for 20,000, rest everything would have been history. Anyway, now the damage is already done but one thing is sure that Apple has failed to crack the most lucrative mobile phone market in the world and that is the fact.

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