iPhone 5 can return to Vietnam on September 21, priced from 25 million VND 3
Immediately after announcing that the US, Canada, UK, Japan, Australia along with two markets near Vietnam, Singapore and Hong Kong, would distribute the first iPhone 5 from September 21, domestic Apple sellers began to worry.
If counting Vietnam time, iPhone 5 sold in Singapore and Hong Kong will appear nearly half a day before the US.
However, according to the phone business world, the iPhone 5 may even return to Vietnam one day earlier, from September 20.
The domestic phone market is bustling with the newly launched iPhone 5.
Although this morning (Vietnam time), Apple just announced the iPhone 5 with official information and images, but the domestic iPhone market has started to bustle many days before.
Mr. Tran Trung Tuyen, owner of Bach Long store (Tran Phu, Ho Chi Minh City), said that in the past 3 days, many customers have come to ask and order iPhone 5, but he only takes customer information 3 days before delivery.
As for Mr. Mai Phu Phong, owner of PhonGee store (Tran Quoc Hoan, Ho Chi Minh City) said, he has been receiving orders from customers for 10 days and quoted a price of about 35 million VND, however, depending on the source of goods if
However, according to Mr. Nguyen Anh Van, representative of CellphoneS system (Hanoi), `it is not possible to have an exact price for iPhone 5 when the device has not yet returned to the country`.
Using nano-SIM makes many people skeptical that the iPhone 5 can be used in Vietnam.
Surveying a number of stores in Hanoi, the number of customers pre-ordering iPhone 5 is currently not large while the specific price has not yet been announced.
According to business circles, the selling price of iPhone 5 will gradually decrease and stabilize within about a week or two after being available in the domestic market, when the supply is more abundant and the information can be used in Vietnam.
With the presence of iPhone 5 and Apple offering new prices, iPhone 4S 16 GB and iPhone 4 8 GB are models that are expected to have large price reductions in the coming time.
Huy Duc – Tuan Anh
