IPhone 3G price in India – Rs. 31,000(8GB) and Rs. 36,100(16GB) from Vodafone

Today morning i got a sms from vodafone:

“Your wait is about to end! iPhone 3G arrives on Aug 22. 8GB model is for Rs 31000 and 16GB for Rs 36100.To get your iPhone before others, visit one of the select Vodafone Stores & confirm your booking by paying Rs 10000 on August 20 or 21. You’ll get an appointment to collect your iPhone after paying the balance amount. For list of the select Vodafone Stores,go to www.vodafone.in/iPhone. Save this SMS-you need to show it at Vodafone Store for…”

For me it is a very disappointing price tag.The IPhone 3G is not worth this much at all (that also locked :-/).I’ll rather wait for Nokia N96 or Samsung Omnia or HTC touch pro.

Update:Airtel has also announced the same prices for the Iphone and release date is also the same 22 August 2008.For more details visit