Guess what I saw in the Pacific Mall near the Delhi-UP border yesterday? Well, the PG Prada! Yes, the phone that was supposed to compete with the iPhone is finally in India. The problem is: LG does not seem to agree. The distributors of the phone, RPG Cellucom, however assured us that the phone was being sold perfectly legally.
Sources in LG, however, seemed none too pleased about this and there have even been murmurings that the Prada being sold in the RPG Cellucom stores is in fact from “the grey market.” But that claim seems to have been undermined by RPG Cellucom’s assurance that the phone would be backed by a one-year guarantee from LG. Another reason for the differences between the two parties could be the pricing of the phone. It carries a price tag of approximately Rs. 19,500, which many feel is significantly below what LG would have liked to charge for it.
Whatever the case, cell lovers in India have reason to celebrate. Not only is the Prada here, but it has come a price that does not seem to be over the top! My own impression was that it looked sleek, although I could get no idea of how it worked as the store owner would not allow us to switch it on. Incidentally, it was kept in a plain brown box with no significant LG markings on it, looking like anything but a designer phone.
Interesting, eh?
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