iPhone 3GS India Launch Delayed not coming on August 9th
Submitted by Varun Krish on August 5, 2009 – 8:57 pm
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Sorry iPhone fans. Looks like iPhone 3GS will not be coming to India on Aug 9th. I visited a iStore in the city and from what they told me August 9th seems impossible and 3rd week of August looks more probable .
Looks like there has been some confusion amongst blogs and the media about the August 9th launch date.In the Apple Keynote way back in June,this slide shown below says iPhone 3GS coming to india in Aug ‘09 which means Aug 2009 and not August 9th. Apple India were not reachable for an explanation !
In the meanwhile chk out our Apple iPhone 3GS Review – First on FoneArena
Its just insane when almost the rest of the world has got the iPhone 3GS and India being the 2nd largest market in the world for mobile handsets is still waiting !
In the meanwhile chk out our Apple iPhone 3GS Review – First on FoneArena
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Is there any place over here (Mumbai) where anyone sells the iPhone 3GS Factory Unlocked?
We have shops in Irla ALFA and someother shops around that, But i dont know how to differentiate between a factory unlocked and jailbroken IPHONE, otherwise would have gone and bought it
May be it will be launched in india next month…….. i:e DEC 2009
Hey Guys,
Important news that I just got. For all you people waiting for the iPhone 3GS, head over to Heera Panna to get yours. I was so annoyed of waiting that I tried looking for any shop selling the iPhone. So, after researching for quite some, I got lucky. There is a shop in Heera Panna called First Choice. In this shop they are selling the officially unlocked iPhones. This is quite a good shop as I got my first iPhone from them only. So well, the price, I asked someone to call him (sorry dont have the number) and find out the price. Well, all the person told him was 48,000 . I’m guessing for the 16GB.
This is quite a reliable person so if anyone has any second thoughts, don’t. Well to see if everything is as it seems to be, I will personally go there and check the phones out. If you have any quires, feel free to ask as I will be going there soon.
Anyways, hope this is good news for atleast a few people willing to pay the little extra premium!
If anyone needs the phone no. just reply to this post and I will post it here.
Enjoy!
Hi
Two Questions
1. How would you differentiate between an unlocked iphone and a jailbroken one. Whats the difference between them?
2. How would you authenticate that it is the original one. what are the points to check before buying one.
I would like to buy at a premium . please share details on gettokunal at yahoo dot com.
regards,
Kunal
Hello,
Well unlocked and jailbroken is the same thing. There are two types of unlocking methods. Software unlocked or hardware unlocked. Only the first iPhone ever to be unlocked was Hardware unlocked, nowadays, all iPhones are need less to say , software unlocked.
There is a difference although between officially unlocked and the plain jailbroken unlock. Well, in the jailbroken unlocking, you unlock a phone by illegal methods, i.e., disenableing warrenty and maybe even causing a threat of disfunction of the phone. Now, officially unlocked means that the phone is also software unlocked, but in this case, the phone is unlocked by Apple itself and does not void warranty or cause any issues and can be upgraded to the newest firmware instantly without any hassels.
I recommend only officially unlocked phones as they are safe and at this point of time, when the phone is not launched in India, you can still get the SAME phone with the SAME software and use it just like a proper, legal (which it also is) iPhone updating to the newest firmware, i.e. 3.2, 3.3 and then 4.0, with no hassles of it being bricked (closed down forever) and can use all its features with no problems.
Hope this helps!
dude u r totally confused about unlocking an jailbreaking..
Many major devices have the file system access restriction on em… It means that u cant access the direct file system on the device, which is also the case in iPhone.
To gain access into the device file system is called jailbreaking. If you want to run some third party code on the device u need to gain the file system access first so u need to jailbreak the device first.
After u jailbreak the device u need to unlock it. Unlocking on iPhone is related to something called baseband which is a small processor in iPhone which performs all network related operations including wifi. The baseband is restricted to accept signals of only one carrier on an iPhone.
Now what these hackers do is to find a loop hole in the baseband so that they can inject their own code into it. By doing so they will edit the baseband in such a way that it can accept any carrier signals. This is the way u can unlock iPhone which is actually locked to a particular network only. This is called software unlocking your iPhone
Officially unlocked phones are quite different. Apple locks down the phone to a particular carrier using an encrypted network key which is literally impossible to detect by hackers as its a strenuous process and differs with each iphone again. But on an officially unlocked iPhone there is no such network key lock done by apple. So it will accept any carrier signals.
The advantage of officially unlocked iPhone is that ur iphone wont get locked down even when u upgrade it.
Whereas on a software unlocked iPhone when apple updates the baseband version in new firmware it will lockdown ur iPhone again if you upgrade to that new firmware. It isnt a compulsion that apple will update the baseband also in new firmwares but if at all the baseband is updated then ur iphone will get locked down if u go to that firmware.
ex: 3.0 and 3.0.1 have the same version baseband so even of u upgrade ur iphone from 3.0 to 3.0.1 it doesnt matter as u can still unlock ur iphone. But 3.1 has a different baseband again, so if u upgrade ur iphone to 3.1 then ur iphone will get locked down but luckily there is an unlock available for 3.1 and 3.1.2 version also right now
Gr8 insight rAg. U know ur stuff.
And yes, 3.1.2 is unlockable thanks to blacksn0w, whereas blackra1n jailbreaks the iPhone.
got tired of waiting so got myself a 32gb from the grey mkt for 45k today fac unlocked !!
A small piece of good news …http://www.apple.com/in/ is ONLINE …YEY…but still cant buy iPhone 3gs online
…hope it will come soon….It gives out option to buy Iphone 3g at Bharati and Vodaphone
Hi Shailendra
The link mentioned is online and the things you mentiones are there for ages. Please check the online store of apple. http://www.apple.co.in/store/ this is part in under updation.
regards,
Kunal
well Sahilendra my friend,
apple.com/in is been online from ages and was never down.. Its apple.co.in/store what we are talking about, which is down from almost weeks now and still not up..
Online store still not coming for me
HI , I was checking in Pune for iPhone 3GS , found out that they are selling iPhone 3gs 16gb= Rs. 38000.00 , The kit is already opened for unlocking as the store manager told me hence no warrenty.
They do not have 32gb
Could some one explain if that is called jail breaking or officially unlocking ?
Hi Shailendra,
What you are going for is called unlocking or software unlocking but not officially unlocking. Officially unlock or Factory unlock can only be done by Apple or Carriers which are authorized by Apple to do so.
The problem with software hack or unofficial unlock which you are going for is that you won’t be able to update firmwares released from apple straight away. You have to wait for hack group called iphone developer community to release software hack for the latest firmware or software update released from apple. Also, there are possibility in future that Apple will come up with some update which can brick all iPhone which are unofficially unlocked.
There is no way your can differentiate between an factory unlocked iPhone(FUI)and a jail break+unlocked iPhone (JUI)by looking at it.
Here when the shopkeeper could have meant activating (which needs to be done through iTunes even for FUI)when he said unlocking.
So u need to clarify it from the shopkeeper, or u could probably ask him for the country where the iPhone was originally bought. (you can google the list of countries where FUI can be bought)
Ask him if the iPhone will get locked if i update it. (Ask him to show it to you by updating the firmware, if the iPhone is still unlocked then congratulations u have and FUI)
A friend of mine is traveling via HK so, i’ll be getting my FUI by next week. ;D
Check this out.. would help u
http://www.emiratesmac.com/forums/iphone-news-information/8596-identifying-factory-unlocked-iphones-carrier-locked-iphones.html
@Shailendra
The phone might be sealed or locked or unlocked or anything.. It still does not carry any warranty in india if it’s purchased from some other company.
iPhone is the only apple product which DOES NOT CARRY INTERNATIONAL WARRANTY.
Also for all you guys who think that unlocking will void warranty is just a myth. As you guys know there are two kinds of restores in iPhone. A restore in “restore” mode and a restore in “DFU” mode.
What happens in the restore mode is that the log files will still remain on the iPhone using which apple can detect what all u did with your iPhone.
But when u restore using DFU mode the iPhone will be wiped out for good, no log files or any old file will remain. So if you wanna claim something or get something in warranty all u need to do is just restore it in DFU mode and take it to the apple care people thats it.
Hope this is helpful for u guys
i got some strange news . if u call up the istore in mumbai which is managed by relaince they say the expected launch is novemeber end or dec 1st week. here is their number 022-40040606 ( worli) , 022-67258633 ( ghatkopar ) .
u cal up the imagine store which are resalers for apple they tell u FEBRUARY 2010 . can u beleive that ? that is hell late and thats insane . this fact can be verfied by dialing imagine worli 022–24813501/2/3 or imagine inorbit mall malad 022-28781834/3
this is too muh, someone give me the correect news
Hi everybudy………
I have been looking this forum since aug09.
that time I had 40k as a saving for my iphone 3gs…
now waiting and waiting ……… Now i have only 30k as iphone savings….
now suraj G said its gona launch feb 2010 i think i will spend remaining 30k on shopping and boozing…
Can anyone giv proper news….????????????????
I was very happy when sum 1 from here said its going 2 b launched 15th nov….but now
guys more strange news…i called up the reliance iStore in hyd, they said its expected in last week dec.
Well atleast Reliance news is atleast common across.
keep ur finger crossed….
Ok Guys, wanna get an iPhone 3GS? I just found out from some guy in Bandra that they to are selling officially unlocked iPhones which he has imported from Italy.
Prices are : 42,000 for iPhone 3GS 16 GB (Black or White)
: 48,000 for iPhone 3GS 32 GB (Black or White)
He’s giving me warranty till I get it updated.
But he’s taking only cash.
Anyways,
The Name and Address is
J.P. Electronics
Phone no. +9122226481259
Hope this helps, I’ll be getting mine pretty soon
Suppose i buy a iphone from the gray market, and if i have any problems with the phone. Can i get it repaired from the Apple Service Centre’s? I don’t mind paying for the repair, i just want to know if they will do it
ya they should repair it.
They wont repair it. Try it out if you want. There is no support for iPhone in india except at vodafone and airtel stores. And people at those stores blindly turn away from you iPhone if it isnt purchased from them.
The only way you can get it repaired is at local dealers or stores.
Guys,
Good News ! E-Phone 3GS chinese arrived in Market. It is available at less than 5000.
It has few features of iPhone 3GS.
iPhone 3GS will be launched in FEB2010 as per Apple.
What do you mean “as per Apple” ? What/Who is your source ?
Ok here is how you can come to know whether the phone’s officially unlocked or not …
1. If you have access to Internet and a pc/laptop at the time of purchase just insert any sim card and connect the phone to iTunes and click on restore if the phone is already activated. If it’s an officially unlocked phone you will read a message on iTunes that ‘your iPhone has been unlocked’ this means it is officially unlocked
2. just swipe on the screen to the second page (could be even 1st) and see if you find cydia or blackra1n installed .. If you don’t find any and your sim still works then it means it is officially unlocked
3. If you do see cydia/blackra1n then check then go to settings->general-> about and scroll down to modem firmware there are two possibilities it could be 04.26.08 or 05.11.07
if it’s 04.26.08 then open cydia goto manage->packages scroll down until you see ultrasn0w or yellowsn0w .. If you don’t see it then it means that the phone is officially unlocked but if you do then tap on it and then tap on modify (top right) and then tap on remove after having done that restart your phone and if your sim card works then it means that the phone is Officially Unlocked
if the modem firmware is 05.11.07
tap on blackra1n to check whether blacksn0w is installed if it is then uninstall it after that reboot the phone if it works then it’s officially unlocked .. If you don’t find blacksn0w installed then go to cydia and check if blacksn0w is installed (manage-sources) if it’s there uninstall and reboot if your sim card works then the phone is officially unlocked
I know many smart guys out here would be wondering if ultrasn0w/blacksn0w is already installed then it already means that the phone is unofficially unlocked .. But not really, the sellers really don’t know the difference and they try to unofficially unlock the officially unlocked phone
hey guys, i guess so much of brand loyality is not good either.. I am an Apple fan and has a mac book and a iTouch.. Even I was waiting for iPhone 3GS launch, but disappointed with the delay. Now i am evaluating other options as well.. if Apple is not sensitive about their customers in India, why should we give them so importance. by the way, if they launch the 3GS say sometime in December (only GOD knows when) we will still be almost a generation behind. Perhaps its time to move on towards a more open platform and someone who gives indian consumers as much importance as anyother consumers of the world geography. 3 cheers to apple for creating such fantastic and inovative products, but as long as its not available in india (forget about grey market) its like having a picture of great foods.. you can see it, but cant really enjoy it.
@fanboy I totally agree to what you say.. There are couple of good options available today which are as good as iphone 3gs if not + – a few features. I am seriously thinking about SE Satio and the HTC hero. Though still not able to choose between the two.
hi dreamlost.. i have not gone really deep into satio spec, but choosing between satio and hero will be selecting between symbion and android and i ll go android way anyday. plz dont go by the camera MP count..its just a feel good factor. well these are all my personal views..not any review about any product.
Is software unlocked i phone 3Gs is available in B’lore.I want to buy one immdly.
Raveesh,
If you want an unlocked i Phone 3GS, then you need to go to Sukh Sagar plaza in Gandhinagar next to National Market. There is shop on the ground floor opposite the Sweet outlet which has several pieces in sale. He was quoting around 50k for a 32 GB. Try your luck.
Cheers,
Raju
If u wnt to knw wether phone is officially unlkd or nt u cn simply look at the box n knw if there is no carrier name behind the box like AT&T or nething it’s officialy unlkd like I gt mine frm aus n there is no carrier name
Guys
Good news is that http://www.apple.co.in/store is now uploaded and working
Bad news is that nothing mentioned about Apple Iphone 3GS.
This is apple is bitter !!!!
Regards,
Kunal