3G iPhone 2.0 not in India on 11th

Its been now confirmed that India would have to wait for the official iPhone launch here. Bharti Telecom is rumored to start selling the iPhones by Sepetember this year. The iPhone will be version 2.0 with 3G support. The countries where it would be available from 11th July are:
Australia, Austria, Belgium (French/Dutch), Canada (English/French), Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland (French/German), UK and USA.

The pricing in India might be a little higher than the Rupee equivalent of the Dollar prices. iPhones in the US would be sold under contract of at least 2 Years but that format wouldn't be applied to the Indian business model, hence, the difference in price.

However, if local vendors are to be beleived, the next generation unlocked iPhones would be available in Grey Markets by the end of July and would be priced at around 20k for an 8GB model.

iPhone 2.0 rolling out on 07-11-08

WWDC 2008 happened recently and along with everything else, the biggest announcement was the launch of the next version of the Apple's most popular product till date, iPhone.

iPhone 2.0 will be available in around 15 countries 11 July onwards. with 3G capabilities with an array of new features thrown in. The price is the biggest surprise of all, an 8 GB iPhone would be $199 and 16 GB would cost $299. For the people who already have an iPhone, this would be exchanged for free.. for those who have an iPod touch there is a little price tag of $9.99.

There are a lot of improvements as compared to the existing iPhone but there are a few issues like video recording, MMS, A2DP Bluetooth, cut and paste support etc. which are still not addressed.

Another concern which i have being in India is the release date in India. I have been looking around to get that answer but its still not clear if 11th July roll out includes India.

Any which way, we might still be able to get the officially unlocked iPhones through grey market vendors at a little increase in the price i guess.. and even with the shortcomings iPhone 2.0 is a gadget I am looking forward to..