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The wait is finally over. An Indian with Thirty One Thousand Rupees can walk into a Vodafone or Airtel store and walk out with the 8 GB version of Apple’s 3G Iphone.He’d have to pay 36,100 rupees for the 16 GB version. The hyped 3G IPhone was launched at midnight across stores in the country.

But, it’s surprising to learn that the exact same phone costs four times as less in the United States. The IPhone 3G retails in the US for around 8000 rupees for the 8GB version and 16,000 for the 16 GB version.

So why is this?

The third generation of mobile internet services known as 3G will hit India later this year. What is good to see is the sense shown by the Telecom ministry to hurry up with the setting up of the 3G infrastructure .The last time a major revolution in the information sphere arose with the advent of internet on mobile the government waited a long while to even consider the prospect of allowing the net on mobiles.

Things have changed a lot since then. For one India has become a major player on the world’s IT services sector. With the outsourcing industry expected to grow by at least 200 billion dollars in the next few years in India ;most of the work being done here cannot rely for long on broadband services while the rest of the World operates on 3G.

By Aditya Rao

It’s clearly been designed by Apple and is intended to be more than just a successor to the iPhone.It’s supposed to be a phone with an identity of it’s own and based on everything Steve Jobs (Apple’s CEO) said about it yesterday in San Francisco at Apple's Worldwide Developer Conference, it’s easily slated to become the next big thing for Apple.

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Sources: Times of India, Financial Express

The long-awaited and most-raved-about phone will make its India debut later this year, in tie-up with Vodafone. While Vodafone Essar officials declined comment, sources said the 8GB version of the phone could be priced at around Rs 28,000 while the 16GB version will be rolled out at a higher price tag. The 3G iPhone, which Apple is expected to launch by August, too is expected to hit the Indian market soon.

Another reason for Google to release the Gphone software. As Google looks to displace the iPhone as the mobile internet standard, the company realizes it has its work cut out for them. Part of the mobile internet appeal of the iPhone is it's ability to move and zoom around webpages.