Tech Drunk Staff 
There is a buzz going around the web that Apple is planning on bringing the iPhone 4 too to Indian shores. This news is a pleasant surprise as it comes within just a week of Apple’s iPad launch in India which was received with much joy and welcome. The carrier rumored to be the official partner is BSNL (again), who was the same for iPad. Although unconfirmed yet, the rumor of the Apple-BSNL partnership sounds probable as the duo has done the same with iPad.
My Mobile Scoop, said to have gotten in contact with a source of BSNL, who reported that Apple is launching the iPhone 4 with BSNL within a month. The data plans for iPhone 4 is also expected to be similar to that of iPad’s. There is no news, as yet, about the pricing and on how the phone will be sold – locked or unlocked. However, in the United States, it is sold locked, and chances are that Indian buyers might get the same. Verizon had announced that it will release the iPhone 4 in CDMA in the USA from 10 February, 2011 on. Reliance and Tata Indicom is reported adopting the same approach in India with talks already in process with Apple, according to the Wall Street Journal. It is also reported that Apple’s analyst Katy Hubert is more inclined towards Reliance.
Given the CDMA users’ population in India, which is a considerable 20% of all the estimated 670 million mobile phone users, it is easy to assume that Apple might have a rewarding prospect. However, no matter it comes in CDMA or GSM; one thing is for sure that the iPhone 4 will be received like a celebrity amongst mobile phones as, quiet needless to say, Apple still remains the apple of many gadget lovers’ eyes. With an appropriate pricing, unlike that of iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4 could do a major business for Apple in India alone.
Here’s hoping, metaphorically standing on the shore with raised brows and impatience, that it arrives – and arrive soon with all the advertised features and a ‘reasonable price tag.’ The iPhone 4 will pack the same old unbeatable ‘retina display,’ 960×640 pixel resolution at 326 ppi, dual cameras, FaceTime, multitasking, iOS 4, and many more. We will inform you soon on any updates, so stay tuned.
