Aircel offers iPhone 3GS at Rs 9,999

Can you believe that Apple iPhone 3GS is available at Rs 9,999? Aircel is offering the smartphone for such a low price tag in India. This is definitely a huge price cut as the current price of the handset is around Rs 20,000 with Airtel. 

Aircel has announced that the Apple iPhone 3GS is now available from them for just Rs. 9,999 with unlimited data usage for a year with Advance rental plan of Rs. 3,000 for post-paid customers. After a year customers can shift to Simple Value 499 Plan (in 2G circles), or 399 Smart PI plan (in 3G circles). In 3G circles customers can shift any existing Aircel plan after a year.


Aircel iPhone 3GS Postpaid Advance rental Plan

Benefits	3G circles	2G Circles
Free minutes/month (Local+National)	NA	1000 mins (Local+STD)
Free data/month	Unlimited	Unlimited
Free SMS/month	NA	2500 (L+N)
Validity	12 months	6 months
Device cost	Rs. 9999	Rs. 9999
Advance rental	Rs. 3000	Rs. 3000
Total Cost	Rs. 12,999	Rs. 12,999

In 3G (speeds up to 3.6 Mbps) circles, after 2GB speed would be throttled to 128 kbps. The iPhone 3GS is available from Aircel Stores. They have not announced any prepaid plans yet.

Iphone 3GS Full Specification:-

GENERAL
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100
Announced 2009, June
Status Available. Released 2009, June

SIZE
Dimensions 115.5 x 62.1 x 12.3 mm
Weight 135 g

DISPLAY
Type TFT capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
Size 320 x 480 pixels, 3.5 inches
- Multi-touch input method
- Accelerometer sensor for auto-rotate
- Proximity sensor for auto turn-off
- Scratch-resistant surface

SOUND
Alert types Vibration; Downloadable polyphonic, MP3 ringtones
Speakerphone Yes
- 3.5 mm headset jack

MEMORY
Phonebook Practically unlimited entries and fields, Photocall
Call records 100 received, dialed and missed calls
Internal 16 GB/ 32 GB storage, 256 MB RAM
Card slot No

DATA
GPRS Yes
EDGE Yes
3G HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps
WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11b/g
Bluetooth Yes, v2.1 with A2DP, headset support only
Infrared port No
USB Yes, v2.0

CAMERA
Primary 3.15 MP, 2048x1536 pixels, autofocus
Features Touch focus, geo-tagging
Video Yes, VGA@30fps, video geo-tagging
Secondary No

FEATURES
OS iPhone OS (based on Mac OS)
CPU ARM Cortex A8 600 MHz, PowerVR SGX graphics
Messaging SMS (threaded view), MMS, Email
Browser HTML (Safari)
Radio No
Games Downloadable, incl. motion-based
Colors Black, White

GPS
Yes, with A-GPS support
Java No
- Digital compass
- Google Maps
- Audio/video player
- TV-out
- Voice command/dial

BATTERY
Standard battery, Li-Ion
Stand-by Up to 300 h
Talk time Up to 12 h (2G) / Up to 5 h (3G)
Music play Up to 30 h