After Vodafone, Bharti Airtel has taken up the gauntlet and mass emailed all the potential users that had shown interest in buying the iPhone. However, unlike Vodafone, Airtel has some really grand plans for the iPhone Launch.
As per an email that this author received, Airtel has planned to throw open the doors of three of its stores— one each in the three cities of Mumbai, New Delhi, and Bangalore—right at the stoke of midnight on 22 August 2008 (Friday night morning, tomorrow night).
For all Mumbaikars, the following store will be all set with the red carpet for the launch:
Infinity Mall
New Link Road,
Andheri West,
Mumbai – 400053
Here’s a copy of the email that was sent out:
The moment you have been waiting for is here. The new iPhone 3G premieres August 22, 2008. iPhone 3G will be available in 2 exciting options:
- 8 GB (Black) for Rs 31000
- 16GB (White & Black) for Rs 36100
To celebrate the launch of the iPhone 3G in India, we will be opening three of our Airtel stores, one each in Delhi, Mumbai and Bangalore at the stroke of midnight 12.00am (Friday Morning) on August 22nd.
Join us early on the red carpet as we camp out throughout the evening.
We are expecting some long queues, so plan your day and reach the location as soon as possible. Remember, our stock is limited and will be available only on first cum first basis.So, gear up to witness the biggest launch event on August 22, 2008 and be a part of history at
Infinity Mall
New Link Road
Andheri West,
Mumbai – 400053Ps: Can’t make it for the midnight launch!
In case you can’t make it you can still get your iPhone on priority. Just visit one of the select Airtel stores & confirm your booking by paying Rs 5000 on August 20 or 21.You’ll get an appointment to collect your iPhone after paying the balance amount. For list of the select Airtel stores log on towww.airtel.in/iphone3g.
As you may have noticed, there is good news for those who wish to pre-book the iPhone. Unlike Vodafone, which is currently accepting bookings in the tune of Rs. 10,000, the folks at Bharti Airtel—the gentle souls that they are—have decided to take pre-orders for Rs. 5,000 instead.
We’re not sure what kind of queues Airtel expects to see but rest assured that one of our correspondents will be present at the venue and reporting all the exciting news back to us, which we’ll be relaying forward to all you lovely people in readerland. Two days to go…
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Emm,
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Yes, that’s exactly how the email reads.
I’d been thinking of editing that out but then realised that since Preshit must have copy-pasted the text from the email directly, that’s how it must have been worded. So I left it untouched.
So can we expect a liveblog of the event?
I’m sooo going to try and reach there on time.
The only way someone will camp out overnight for a Rs. 31,000 phone is if:
a) He was thrown out by his wife for wanting such an expensive phone
b) He is truly a nut case
c) He is an American wannabe and thinks everything Americans do is cool
So yea, there.
^^
d) Or if he is either one of the authors of this website.
^^ Hell yeah
You got that right. LOL!
lolz…
Its really gud man