The announcement of the iPhone 4S in India has become a matter of great brouhaha, with majority of the Indian community branding it as highly overpriced.
Though
there was anticipation of some much needed relief on the pricing front
with the reverse subsidy plans that carriers like Aircel provides. While
Airtel is holding its cards to the chest, Aircel has already put their
cards on the table and revealed their reverse subsidy plans for people
buying iPhone 4S with Aircel.
The
cheapest monthly rental plan for the iPhone 4S 16 GB starts from Rs.950
which goes from Rs. 1150 to Rs. 1350 for the iPhone 4S 32GB and the
64GB respectively. Though the plans offer good benefits, the pricing of
the plans are very similar to that of the handsets i.e. OVERPRICED. The
1GB WiFi surfing is via a partnership that allows Aircel’s subscribers
to surf WiFi at selected places in some cities, we doubt if that is
effective for most, unless of course there is something as widespread as Tikona.
In
case you find yourself frowning looking at the pricing of the reverse
subsidy plans, you are not the only. We too expected the plans to cost
the consumers a lot lesser, somewhere along the lines of the plans that
were offered for the iPhone 4.
As an
afterthought it seems as though Aircel’s thinking that, If one is fool
enough to buy the iPhone 4S at that price he should be a fool enough to
pay for such highly priced reverse subsidy plans as well!
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