Price of iPhone 4 & iPhone 4S cut down for iPhone 5 launch in India. Buy Now!

Seriously, if we were in your place, we'd be buying the iPhone 4 / 4S now instead of reading this post. The good news is that Apple is launching iPhone 5 in India and as expected, the prices of iPhone 4 and iPhone 4S have been slashed. The bad news is the Apple phones are still out of reach for most of us. The new price of iPhone 4S is now Rs. 41,500 (down by Rs. 3000 from earlier Rs. 44,500) and the price of iPhone 4 (8GB) version has been slashed to Rs.  28,500 from earlier 37,900 - whopping difference of Rs. 9400. That said, we're still looking for official price of iPhone 5 in India and we estimate it to cost just about half a lakh rupees. Apple die-hard fanboys - be ready to please your credit cards.

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Now, those numbers are still on the higher side for most of the smartphones available in India. Samsung's recently launched pricy gadget, the Galaxy Note II is available for Rs. 40,000. If iPhone 5 retails for about Rs. 50k in India, it'd be the most costly phone available in Indian markets.

Should you buy iPhone 5?


Our honest answer is 'no'. Actually, it's not much of a decision if you've been following Apple iPhone 5 news. There are several 'USP' features that just won't work in India and that includes the natural voice powered assistant 'Siri' and the Maps. Apple's CEO Tim Cook's already said 'Sorry' to the users for the big iOS Maps mess. We strongly believe that if you *must* buy an iPhone, you should go with the iPhone 4S or even better then iPhone 4. You now have a decent hardware and a good operating system at an affordable price and you won't lose 'much' from iPhone 5. iPhone 3GS has been discontinued already.

We're still looking for the iPhone 5 launch date in India - and it's estimated that the phone will come around the Diwali season - the time of the year when Indians open their wallets. That'd be a perfect timing for the iPhone 5 to arrive in India, but the estimated price makes us bit uncomfortable. We'll of course keep you updated with news and our advices. So stay tuned for more.

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