The iPhone 3GS was available quite a while back through network operators like Vodafone and Airtel.  But then, these devices were not unlocked and users were tied down to those particular subscribers if they had to use their iPhones. However it looks like Apple is enticing more people to buy their smartphones by announcing the factory unlocked version at a very reasonable price of Rs. 19,990.

iPhone 3GS was originally released in June 2009. It has a 3.5-inch capacitive touchscreen (320 x 480 pixels) and is powered by a 600Mhz processor. However, as it happens in the case of Apple products, the hardware specifications can be misleading when it comes to performance and usability.

Apple’s latest iOS version 4.3 supports iPhone 3GS and that makes the phone a worthy opponent to similarly-priced Android devices that have better hardware. Apple has also said that iOS 5 will work on iPhone 3GS though it is likely that not all features will be supported.

At the price of Rs 19,990, iPhone 3GS will directly compete with Samsung Nexus S, a phone that saw its price fall by over Rs 6,000 to touch Rs 19,999 a few weeks ago. Nexus S, which runs on Android 2.3 aka Gingerbread, has a 4-inch capacitive screen. It is powered by a 1Ghz processor, packs 512MB RAM and comes with 16GB internal storage.

Specifications of iPhone 3GS :-

* 3.5-inch Capacitive touchscreen with 320 x 480 pixels
* 3G, Wi-Fi, GPS with A-GPS support
* EDGE/GPRS
* Bluetooth 2.1 with A2DP, headset support only
* 3.15 megapixel camera with autofocus
* 3.5 mm audio jack
* 256 MB RAM
* 8/16/32 GB Capacities
* 600 MHz ARM Cortex processor

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