India: iPhone 5 now retailing at lower than Z10!
India: iPhone 5 now retailing at lower than Z10! :party: :dancing:
Apple has now woken up to the threat of Blackberry Z10 in India. Full Page advertisements for the iPhone in the Times of India almost every other day.
New EMI schemes launched. They seem so desperate.
Blackberry Z10 on the other hand is out of stock in almost every retail outlet here in Bombay without A SINGLE NEWSPAPER AD since it's launch!!
The prowess of Blackberry in India! Way to go Z10!
Apple iPhone 5 available at Rs 42,990
I really hope that Blackberry doesn't drag itself in a price war with Apple. Cause I think that's what Apple wants.
I don't think Blackberry needs to. A retailer in my locality informed me that he has ordered 950 units of Z10s for his customers whereas he has been delivered only 20! Blackberry has assured him that his balance order will be fulfilled by 20th Mar.
This retailer also adds that with the advent of the Z10 in India, the sales of Samsung GS3 and Note2 have dropped to an all-time low! He claims that majority of the people ordering the Z10s from him are current iOS and Android users. Now only if Blackberry could expedite the shipments.
Other Indians here on Crackberry have also posted in threads about their retailers ordering 400 to 500 units of Z10s but being delivered only 5% of that.
Now there are thousands of retailers like this in Bombay! So just imagine the quantities Blackberry is selling in just one of the cities of India!
If anything they should be increasing the prices. The same retailer informed me that Blackberry is indeed gonna increase the prices to Rs.52,000. (The cheapsters will reappear on CB and start ranting again) The primary reason behind this is the increase in taxes on mobile phones priced below Rs.2,000/- announced by the Finance Minister - Mr. Chidambaram while announcing the Budget. The other reason for increasing the prices is that the Z10 has far more premium parts than all other phones in the market and with the current Demand - Supply scenario in India they don't feel the need to subsidize the Z10.
That's great news for us Blackberry fans in India. Blackberry will be back to being the most expensive, premium and aspirational phone in India!!
The cheapsters who can't afford a Z10 can now go and buy the cheap iPhone5. So what if the iPhone5 looks cheap, is under-powered, has very low battery life, has inferior parts, with bug- ridden OS and has the worst camera, ..you'd still have saved a few hundred dollars! ;)
Apple iPhone 5 available at Rs 42,990 - Times Of India
NEW DELHI: Apple iPhone 5 is among the most expensive smartphones in India, with a price tag of Rs 45,500 for the base model. While the government has raised taxes on phones costing more than Rs 2,000, online retailer Snapdeal has lowered the prices of iPhone 5.
The 16GB variant of Apple iPhone 5 is available on Snapdeal site for Rs 42,990, a discount of Rs 2,500 from its launch price of Rs 45,500. Similarly, the 32 and 64GB variants of the smartphone are available for Rs 50,100 and Rs 57,200. This means Rs 2,400 and Rs 2,300 respectively below their official price tag of Rs 52,500 and Rs 59,500, respectively.
Prices of iPhone 4 and iPhone 4S, the older models in Apple's smartphone series have also been cut by the e-commerce website. iPhone 4, officially available at Rs 26,500, is available for Rs 25,990 on the site. Similarly, iPhone 4S is being sold for Rs 35,500, in comparison to its official price tag of Rs 38,500.
Snapdeal, however, is not selling iPads and iPad mini at lower rates.
This is the first time that a prominent e-commerce player has lowered the price of iPhones across the board. These smartphones have been available at lower cost than the official price tags on websites like Tradus and eBay India, where several retailers can sell their goods on a common platform.
The move could be a potential game changer for the entire top-end smartphone spectrum as other retailers might follow up with a price cut. This pricing already makes at least two recently launched iPhone 5 rivals HTC Butterfly and BlackBerry Z10 more expensive than iPhone 5 (16GB model). These smartphones are priced at Rs 45,500 and Rs 43,490 respectively.
India: iPhone 5 now retailing at lower than Z10!
Finally something that has kicked the arse of Apple!
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Re: India: iPhone 5 now retailing at lower than Z10!
this means absolutely diddly squat and speaks nothing about the Z10...
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