Posted by Fanofmodi
Atlast apple is ready to launch its iphone in india on 22nd for 740USD 8gb and 890USD for 16gb via vodafone and airtel. The media here has hyped it as a god sent phone without knowing its drawbacks and restrictions. They even fooled that its replacement of our laptop and no need to carry your laptop, iphone will do everything for u. Seeing this hype nokia rushed its n96 today for 830USD. Very few will afford the iphone but the problem is we dont get to try it before buying. And after buying when we come to know that it cannot play mp3 as ringtones and no video recording and many basic stuff missing which can be even found no a 100USD cheap phone, it will blow out their mind.
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Posted by QVGA
that is why i always read numerous reviews and reader reviews before buying a phone, especially if its 800$
Posted by Fanofmodi
If i believe my friend working for vodafone Over 200,000 iphones were booked within 2months before launch with booking amount of 250USD, but the price was not fix till the launch day. And on the launch day when vodafone informed all who booked the iphone that the price is more than 750USD more than 80% bookings were cancelled and there were no ques outside like we saw in other countries. On many indian forums we can see people boycotting apples iphone. Why should we pay more than three times the world pays.
Posted by Evil Eye
@fanofmodi true man. Glad that i didnt wait for iPhone and bought the N81 on my bday. Are you from gujarat btw? Asking coz your nick looks like fan of modi?
Posted by bart
So about 80% of those people who booked turned their brain on when they heared the final price.
They should've done it sooner and just ignored the iphone hype.
Posted by Bonovox
Although the N96 is not a massive leap forward i woulds still choose the Nokia over Apple. But now the Nokia has even more memory too.
Posted by whizkidd
On 2008-08-23 14:55:02, bart wrote:
So about 80% of those people who booked turned their brain on when they heared the final price.
They should've done it sooner and just ignored the iphone hype.
The initial bookings were because of the low prices that were advertised at the time of launch.. At that price even I would have thought of getting one. And I hate the iPhone and the hype it has created.. The initial price $199 under contract was very attractive. When the final price was anounced, people usd common sense and decided not to purchase at all.. I do not see anything wrong there.. I will only get that phone for its UI..
Posted by Evil Eye
@whiz well said. Btw many of my friends are waiting for the price to drop.
Posted by jcwhite_uk
For the launch of the iPhone is Poland, actors were paid by Orange to queue outside shops to make it look like there was a big interest in the phone.
Posted by Evil Eye
Lol actors were paid? OMFG height of the hype.
Posted by Fanofmodi
On 2008-08-23 13:58:00, Evil Eye wrote:
@fanofmodi true man. Glad that i didnt wait for iPhone and bought the N81 on my bday. Are you from gujarat btw? Asking coz your nick looks like fan of modi?
Ya m from gujarat and fan of modi because he defeated all the media and proved them wrong. By the way today i received sms from vodafone inviting to check out the iphone. So i just went and asked the dumb guys, does it have video reco. His answer was
fcourse sir. It took him more than 5mins to check, and the answer was: other than video reco it has every feature. I laughed and left the desk.
Posted by Evil Eye
On 2008-08-23 18:14:12, Fanofmodi wrote:
By the way today i received sms from vodafone inviting to check out the iphone. So i just went and asked the dumb guys, does it have video reco. His answer was
fcourse sir. It took him more than 5mins to check, and the answer was: other than video reco it has every feature. I laughed and left the desk.
Posted by carkitter
On 2008-08-23 16:38:49, jcwhite_uk wrote:
For the launch of the iPhone is Poland, actors were paid by Orange to queue outside shops to make it look like there was a big interest in the phone.
http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSN215519020080821
Wow, I can't believe it. Someone in marketing at Orange should lose their job over that.
I was present at the world's first iPhone 3G launch in Auckland and the queues were genuine. The buzz around the store 2hrs before launch was electric and at midnight (launch time) reached fever pitch!
I didn't buy an iPhone, just went along to check out the phone, the hype and get some photos and video for Esato and came away impressed (with everything except VodafoneNZ's pricing that is).
Trying to recreate that excitement 6 weeks later is just dumb IMO, especially when Poles can get one from other parts of Europe quite easily.
I think Whizzkid's right about the Indian cancellations. The same happened here when VodafoneNZ drip fed info to potential customers and then sufferered a scathing backlash when the monthly plans were revealed. Revised plans have quietly appeared just recently
Posted by wing_0
Well, according to the spokesman (found a more detailed quote), the role of the actors hired by Orange Poland was to give "advice" to regular customers and create a buzz around the iPhone. http://wiadomosci.gazeta.pl/W[....]uczne_kolejki_po_iPhone_y.html here are some pictures and a video of such a fake queue. It looks like even paid actors didn't want to line up for the iPhone too much.
