The announcement of the iPhone 4S in India has become a matter of great brouhaha, with majority of the Indian community branding it as highly overpriced.
Though there was anticipation of some much needed relief on the pricing front with the reverse subsidy plans that carriers like Aircel provides. While Airtel is holding its cards to the chest, Aircel has already put their cards on the table and revealed their reverse subsidy plans for people buying iPhone 4S with Aircel.
The cheapest monthly rental plan for the iPhone 4S 16 GB starts from Rs.950 which goes from Rs. 1150 to Rs. 1350 for the iPhone 4S 32GB and the 64GB respectively. Though the plans offer good benefits, the pricing of the plans are very similar to that of the handsets i.e. OVERPRICED. The 1GB WiFi surfing is via a partnership that allows Aircel’s subscribers to surf WiFi at selected places in some cities, we doubt if that is effective for most, unless of course there is something as widespread as Tikona.
In case you find yourself frowning looking at the pricing of the reverse subsidy plans, you are not the only. We too expected the plans to cost the consumers a lot lesser, somewhere along the lines of the plans that were offered for the iPhone 4.
As an afterthought it seems as though Aircel’s thinking that, If one is fool enough to buy the iPhone 4S at that price he should be a fool enough to pay for such highly priced reverse subsidy plans as well!