Indians will have to wait for at least a year to access iPhone.(WIRELESS)

The much-awaited iPhone, developed by Apple, will be launched in the US on June 29. However, users in India would need to wait for more than a year to access this new product. iPhone performs the functions of a cellphone, a digital camera, an iPod, and a mobile Internet device. Industry experts say that this product will be launched in the Indian market only by mid-2008. Although India is the world's fastest-growing cellphone market, experts are skeptical about iPhone's chances in the country's market. Mobile operators like Vodafone-Essar and Bharti Airtel would be likely candidates for being partners with Apple in India. Airtel, which was the first one to introduce BlackBerry devices in India, recently partnered with Taiwan-based HTC for providing an advanced smartphone for its customers. According to telecom analyst Mahesh Uppal, a new player in the high-end mobile phone market is always keen to team up with established mobile firms having a large user base. In the US, the costs of the iPhone 4GB and 8GB models will be $499 and $599, respectively.