Aircel today announced it will launch iPhone 4 in India on May 27 with a new pricing model, allowing customers to recover the upfront cost of their iPhone on select plans over the course of 24 months, making iPhone in India more affordable than ever.
Aircel will provide customers with a range of flexible service plans for both post-paid and prepaid mobile customers. Following an upfront payment of Rs. 34,500 for the 16GB model and Rs. 40,900 for the 32GB model, customers will have the opportunity to recover 100 percent of their upfront iPhone cost in monthly credits on their service plan over a period of 24 months.
iPhone 4 on Aircel will be available from 00.01am on May 27 at select Aircel Retail Stores Pan India.
Aircel iPhone 4 Postpaid and Prepaid Plans :
Mr. Sandip Das, Director, Aircel stated “We are very proud to bring iPhone 4 to Aircel customers in India,” “We always endeavour to bring to our consumers a world class experience and offer the best in innovation and service. With a robust roll out of Aircel ’s 3G services in 13 circles across India, the launch of iPhone 4 will allow our consumers to truly savour the 3G experience. With our incredible new price plans, we aim to make iPhone more affordable than ever.”
Manoj Abhigyan June 8, 2011 at 11:05 am
Aircel announced the opening of its first super mini COCO store (SMC) for the convenience of its customers in Himachal Pradesh’s Solan town today.
The company plans opening 10 more such stores in the region by theend of this year.
Tintumon June 6, 2011 at 9:14 pm
samsung glaxy S is best in my point of view, it is cheap and beautiful. i prefere this than having an i phone, but i like apple too
divya rao May 30, 2011 at 3:13 pm
@chetan
hey ths is divya from apple bite communications we r dealers for apple products i wud suggest u to go for iphone 4 in whch all kinds of sim u can use it is factory unlocked with 1 year warranty
Annonumous May 27, 2011 at 7:31 pm
Airtel and Aircel can advertise, IPhone 4 is available for 1 month ROI. i.e
One Month rental = 69000 and Discount = 34500 for 16 GB.[you get your money in 1 month]. The monthly rentals given above as 2000 and above are really high. We can buy better plans individually. [Vodofone 3G 500MB - 375 pm.]
They make us to buy IP4 for 35 K, and loot monthly also grab our money monthly !
Buyers Beware.
Ganesh Srinivasan May 26, 2011 at 10:11 am
@chetan
Read my message earlier to your message
You can continue with your existing postpaid plans – no need to buy the bundled plans
I had a quick scan through of Aircel’s postpaid plans, starting with Rs 499 a month onwards – most important things are a] the bundled free minutes are for local / STD and on-net roaming b] unused minutes are carried forward
My summary: choose a plan suitable to your needs and if you like iPhone 4, buy it
chetan May 26, 2011 at 9:54 am
I don’t understand why these companieswill stop looting us.
if you take normal aircel plan of 999 you get 3600 mins airtime(including local and std)
but if you take 1199 plan with iphone u get 1250 mins airtime that too local only…. i don’t see any discount in iphone plan i.e aircel charging half of price of plan but they are also reducing the value of plan… as we can clearly see airtime is reduced to half and that too getting local airtime only… i hate these indian companies which are looting common man saying they are giving benefits…whr r the benefits i can only see company filling up there pockets by looting common man…
i don’t know when we will walk up against these companies…
-Chetan
devil May 26, 2011 at 9:28 am
Try to launch video call facility for 2g customers first like rcom and bsnl …Then launch this..
Ganesh Srinivasan May 26, 2011 at 9:24 am
I went through Aircel website related to iPhone4 plans, FAQ etc
Here are the highlights
There is a new APN for Apple iPhone, depending upon the 100% / 50% subsidy plans, the download and upload speeds vary [7.2 / 3.6 mbps for 100% subsidy plans and 3.6 / 1.8 mbps for 50% subsidy plans]. For prepaid, the speeds are like 50% subsidy plans
NOW THE BEST PART
Postpaid customer can buy ONLY iPhone from Aircel and continue with his / her existing plans [voice / data / SMS etc] – NO NEED TO BUY THE BUNDLED PLANS. They have not stated this as applicable for Prepaid
With possibility of continuing with your existing rate plan(s), I think one can give iPhone 4 a try – as it is similarly priced like other popular phones [the difference between all plastic Samsung Galaxy S II and iPhone 4 is less than Rs 2,000] – but with much better build and much better eco system. I have seen the retina display of iPhone 4, it is stunning. I have also seen playback of 1 hour long movie – just fast forward to any point, it starts playing instantly
vibes May 26, 2011 at 9:20 am
BSNL offers much better plans for the iPhone. The microsim+FRC for Rs.100, and monthly plan of Rs599 for 6GB is awesome! The iPhone4 is an internet hungry device (email, games, streaming videos, music, maps, location services etc). Even if you take the highest aircel data plan above is it Rs.800 for just 1GB, which is a very bad plan.
Karthik May 25, 2011 at 6:15 pm
really its useless offer!
Who is going to buy this type of phone?
Answer : only aircel officials for free!
Bring any good offer for the all people to use your 3g services
simply bring 3g touch phones at cheaper rates of rupees 4500 to 7000
it’ll works:)
thank you
Parminder Singh May 25, 2011 at 5:27 pm
Samsung galaxy S II is better because Iphone 4GS or Iphone 5 is launching in september.
Praveen May 25, 2011 at 5:10 pm
For Microsim., there’s a tool in ebay which is sold for 150 bucks with which you can cut the actual sim to micro sim. There are many persons who are using Iphone4 in India like this
Lingaraj S Dharwad May 25, 2011 at 4:49 pm
I agree with coolquasar. We are not blind Aircel.
iPhone Apps Development May 25, 2011 at 4:20 pm
Yeah this is a great that finally Iphone 4 will be available in India. Now Aircel customers can make use of Iphone 4 with Aircel 3G service.
BK May 25, 2011 at 3:17 pm
@coolquasar you’re right. The apparent (you save so much in 2 years) blinds you. Theres always a catch. Just keep your eyes open.
rajiev May 25, 2011 at 2:52 pm
reality display
rajiev May 25, 2011 at 2:49 pm
much awatied fone!
Ganesh Srinivasan May 25, 2011 at 2:18 pm
Compare it with BSNL’s offering – you anyway pay for iPhone.
For Rs 599 a month BSNL gives you 6GB / for Rs 999 unlimited without any FUP on 3G. These are BSNL’s special plans for iPhone / iPad with Micro SIM. Take any other suitable SMS and talk plans as you wish
coolquasar May 25, 2011 at 2:07 pm
Great plans!!! I mean, not the prepaid/postpaid plans, but Aircel’s plan to loot.
A customer has to pay mandatory Rs.599 pm (for prepaid) for 24 months = 599 * 24 = 14376 + 34500 (iPhone4 16GB cost) = Rs.48876/- is the total cost to customer for the next 24 months, whether he/she chooses to use the full 1750 mins/1000 SMS.
Why should the rent be increased to a huge amount and then be given discount?? This kind of virtual-discount, happens from road side shops to Corporate products.
At the first glimpse, these plans may look like a steal, but its a rob. I will not be surprised to see similar and worse plans from Airtel. Thanks Telecos.
Ganesh Srinivasan May 25, 2011 at 1:57 pm
Aircel seems to be doing something new [which was hitherto Tata Docomo's DO NEW]
Deeku May 25, 2011 at 1:47 pm
Hearing lots of news about iPhone4. Sharing some reviews of iPhone 4 for others to decide before buying.
iPhone Only supports microSIM which means you need to struggle to get this sim in India as it is not redialy available on al loutlets
Internet Browser does not have full flash support so your internet experience is gone for a toss
No Bluetooth file transfer – one would not be able to share songs, pictures or ringtones with friends
To create new documents one needs to buy full office version, however you can view th
No expandable memory still the space provided is adiquate
Just 5 megapixel camera Aaawww not good enough when you already have 8 to 12 megapixel camera phone available in market
Not yet launched in India however the price would hover around 35K to 40K seeing the past trends.
Alternate options are Sony Ericssion Experia @28k HTC Desire@ 27K & Nokia E7 @26K
Suresh May 25, 2011 at 1:11 pm
It is unlocked one? Can we use with another operator?
Monthly rental after excluding discount is more compared to minutes and data we get.
Suresh May 25, 2011 at 1:09 pm
It is unlocked one? Can we use with another operator?
Monthly rental after excluding discount is more compared to minutes and date we get.