Aircel to Bring iPhone 4 to India on May 27
New Delhi, Wednesday, May 25, 2011 :
Aircel today announced it will launch iPhone 4 in India on May 27 with a new pricing model, allowing customers to recover the upfront cost of their iPhone on select plans over the course of 24 months, making iPhone in India more affordable than ever.
iPhone 4 is the most innovative phone in the world, featuring Apple’s stunning Retina display, the highest resolution display ever built into a phone resulting in super crisp text, images and video, and FaceTime, which makes video calling a reality. iPhone 4 is powered by Apple’s A4 chip and features a 5 megapixel camera with LED flash, HD video recording and a beautiful glass and stainless steel design like no other mobile phone. iPhone 4 comes with iOS 4, the world’s most advanced mobile operating system. The revolutionary App Store provides access to more than 350,000 apps including the iMovie app built just for iPhone 4.
“We are very proud to bring iPhone 4 to Aircel customers in India,” said Mr. Sandip Das, Director, Aircel. “We always endeavour to bring to our consumers a world class experience and offer the best in innovation and service. With a robust roll out of Aircel ’s 3G services in 13 circles across India, the launch of iPhone 4 will allow our consumers to truly savour the 3G experience. With our incredible new price plans, we aim to make iPhone more affordable than ever.”
Aircel will provide customers with a range of flexible service plans for both post-paid and pre-paid mobile customers. Following an upfront payment of Rs. 34,500 for the 16GB model and Rs. 40,900 for the 32GB model, customers will have the opportunity to recover 100 percent of their upfront iPhone cost in monthly credits on their service plan over a period of 24 months.
iPhone 4 on Aircel will be available from 00.01am on May 27 at select Aircel Retail Stores Pan India. For pricing and availability, or to register interest please visit http://www.aircel.com/iphone4
*The prices may vary in some States due to differential VAT.
About Aircel
Aircel, is a joint venture between Maxis Communications Berhad, a leading regional telecommunications group based out of Malaysia and Apollo Hospitals. It is now India’s fifth largest and fastest growing GSM mobile service provider with a subscriber base of 55 million. It is the market leader in Tamil Nadu, Assam, North-East and Chennai. Aircel is a Pan India operator with a presence across 23 circles. Aircel won 3G spectrum in 13 circles and BWA spectrum in 8 circles. Aircel has successfully launched 3G services in 13 circles across India, the fastest 3G roll out ever in the Indian Telecom Space. Aircel has positioned itself as a data led telecom player and has addressed the multi-functionality of a mobile phone in many innovative ways which are Industry firsts, be it the Aircel Pocket Internet, the first social networking mobile INQ on Aircel, Aircel Apollo Mobile Health Care, Blyk on Aircel an enriching engagement for the Youth and very recently the first telecom player to introduce Facebook Voice Updates on Aircel. For more information, please log on to www.aircel.com.
