Gadget India : iPhone 5 doing brisk business in India's grey market

The new Apple iPhone isn't in India
yet, officially. But as you read this, there are
people in Mumbai's Heera Panna Market and
Khan Market in Delhi shelling out upwards of Rs1.15 lakh, a little less than the price of a Tata Nano car, for the shiny new glass-and-
aluminium device, according to traders in these markets.

While you can actually drive the car around
once you pay the price, those shelling out this
neat sum can't just start making calls. They
have to jump through hoops to make their SIM
card fit the phone's specifications.

The iPhone 5 has a slot for a so-called nano
SIM. In the absence of telcos offering this card,users have to cut the SIM to size and use sandpaper or other abrasives to finely shave off thickness - a process so fraught with the risk of ruining your SIM card that most experts advise users against it.

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