If as a potential buyer, you were expecting at least one of the two operators to aggressively price Apple’s 3G iPhone, here is more disappointing news.

The iconic iPhones to be sold by Bharti Airtel would carry identical price tag as those by Essar Vodafone.

Indiatimes Infotech had on Wednesday confirmed that Vodafone would price 8GB iPhone at Rs 31,000 and the 16GB model at Rs 36,100, putting paid to the hopes of a large number of potential buyers who were expecting a price tag closer to the US pricing by Apple and AT&T.

Many upset readers wrote in expressing their disappointment with the development.

Unlike Vodefone which confirmed the price to its potential buyers by way of an SMS on Wednesday morning, Airtel has so far said it will not reveal the pricing. However, in a poorly hidden secret, the company has inadvertently given its pricing away in the iPhone FAQs section on the site.