IPhone fans in selected countries will be able to touch the brand new iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus on September 19, but Vietnamese devotees have to wait until late next month to buy the officially distributed handsets.
However, those consumers who do not want to wait can choose to buy the products brought to Vietnam as personal belongings on airplanes, known as
hang xach tay, if they are willing to spend as much as three times the original prices.
Apple said its iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus will hit the U.S., the UK, Germany, Canada, France, Australia, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Japan store shelves on September 19, ten days after CEO Tim Cook unveiled them at a much anticipated event in California.
Like the previous iPhone models, the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus can be available in Vietnam right on September 19 as hang xach tay from the U.S., Singapore, and Hong Kong, at far higher prices than those in these markets.
According to ICTNews, an iPhone 6 brought to Vietnam on the release date could be sold for VND43 million (US$2,024), while the iPhone 6 Plus would cost VND50 million ($2,353).
A week after the release date, the iPhone 6 will sell for around VND25 million ($1,177) and the iPhone 6 Plus will fetch no less than VND30 million ($1,412), the Vietnamese informatics newswire said.
Even so, the costly devices are expected to find buyers who want to be the first to own the new iPhones in Vietnam, as in the case of the iPhone 5 Gold, which was sold at nearly VND40 million ($1,883) when it was on sale in September last year.
But supply could be scarce as a consumer is only allowed to buy two iPhones at most at each Apple Store as per Apple policy.
Apple said it will begin taking orders for iPhone 6 models on Friday, adding that the devices would be available in at least 115 countries by the end of the year.
The official prices with a two-year contract, excluding taxes, for the new handsets as announced by Apple during the Tuesday event are as follows:
16GB | 64GB | 128GB | |
iPhone 6 | $199 | $299 | $399 |
iPhone 6 Plus | $299 | $399 | $499 |
And here is the price list without a contract for U.S. consumers:
16GB | 64GB | 128GB | |
iPhone 6 | $649 | $749 | $849 |
iPhone 6 Plus | $749 | $849 | $949 |
F.Studio run by FPT, an electronics chain that is authorized to distribute Apple products in Vietnam, said the release date of the 16GB versions of the new handsets in the Southeast Asian country is around late next month.
Here is the expected price list of the devices at F.Studio:
16GB | 64GB | 128GB | |
iPhone 6 | VND18mn ($847) | / | / |
iPhone 6 Plus | VND20mn ($941) | / | / |
Apple Watch, the first new product category Apple has entered since the death of co-founder Steve Jobs in 2011, is slated for release early next year, starting at $349. In Vietnam, the price will start at VND10 million ($471), according to F.Studio.
Some retailers in Ho Chi Minh City have cut the prices of iPhone 5s by VND300,000-500,000 a device. Prices are believed to be much lower in late October, when the new models officially arrive.
A 16GB iPhone 5s now sells at roughly VND16.5 million ($777) in Vietnam.
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