Apple iPhone 4S to be Released in India on 25th November 2011

Apple iPhone 4S will be released in the Indian market on 25th November 2011.

Aircel has announced that it is introducing iPhone 4S in India on that date.

iPhone 4S 16GB is expected to cost about Rs.40,000/- whereas iPhone 64GB is expected to cost more than Rs.50,000/-. Compared to the introductory prices (in India) of iPhone 4 - Rs.34,500/- for iPhone 4 (16GB) and Rs.40,900/- for iPhone 4 (32GB) - the iPhone 4S seems to be priced higher. The difference may be partly due the inherent high cost of 4S and partly because of the fact that the gap between the introduction of the iPhone 4S in the US and in India is lesss than that in the case of iPhone 4 (the implication being that the price of iPhone 4 might have reduced more in the longer interval).

Apple has a history of releasing all its earlier versions of the iPhone in India on a Friday. Though Apple and its Indian partners have always been silent about the success of the phone in India, we suspect that the reception to the phone has been rather lukewarm for a variety of reasons. If our surmise is correct, we have the question "Can Apple beat the jinx now - though the release is once again on a Friday?"

We await the answer eagerly - just like most other Apple-watchers (and we don't mean the likes of Sir Isaac Newton!).