Well, it’s Bharti Airtel! The big fish in telecom market has announced something exclusive for Apple iPhone lovers.
After Apple iPhone 4’s official launch, Vodafone had promised to bring the ‘magical’ device in India, but they didn’t reveal any official release date for iPhone 4. However, Airtel is planning to launch iPhone 4 in September – October month in India.
Bharti Airtel CEO Sanjay Kapoor said -
We are working with Apple. Hopefully, we will launch it in the September-October timeframe.
Apple has received lots of negative feedbacks about iPhone 4, and they are trying too hard to fix the issues. In last week’s iPhone 4 conference, they acknowledged issues and offered temporary fix – free cases for iPhone 4 devices. These cases are said to be resolving the antenna reception issue. As far as proximity sensor issue is concerned, next firmware update will provide a patch for it.
Apple is providing bumpers and cases to US users so that they can avoid drop calls and antenna reception problems. While Apple is giving away these accessories to their customers, Airtel has not confirmed anything about to it.
For those who are interested in price detail of Indian iPhone 4, have a look at here. Also see – iPhone 3GS Prices in India.
I don't think Apple will release it before 2011 as India is still stuck on Auction of 3G, there are many issues with TRAI and Government.. Without such Network iPhone 4 with 3G is useless like 3Gs where you can only use GPRS/EDGE..