Apple mania: iPhone 4 now comes to India

If you are a die-hard fan of Apple iPhone, the wait is over. The latest version is here to leave you drooling. Its features are doing all the talking -- A higher-quality screen and a longer battery life.

FP Archives|Dec 20, 2014, 03:49:20 IST

New Delhi: Apple's iPhone 4 hit store shelves in India on Friday, nearly a year after the next-generation version of the popular smartphone was rolled out worldwide.

[caption id="attachment_16478" align="alignleft" width="380" caption="A 16 GB model will set you back by Rs 34,500 and a 32 GB one by Rs 40,900. Getty Images"][/caption]

Mobile phone carrier Aircel launched the iPhone 4 with a new pricing model, allowing customers to recover the upfront cost of the smartphone on select plans over 24 months, the company said in a press release.

Aircel will charge Rs 34,500 for iPhones with a 16 GB capacity and Rs 40,900 for the 32 GB model, it said. Bharti Airtel, India's top mobile phone carrier, also launched the phone. The iPhone 4 boasts a higher-quality screen and longer battery life than the previous model.

With more than 800 million mobile subscribers, India is the world's second-biggest market for mobile phone services and is also the fastest-growing. But smartphones are estimated to account for just over 5 percent of the mobile handset sales. Indian carriers have recently started rolling out high-speed third-generation (3G) mobile networks, which is expected to boost sales of smartphones.

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