iPhone will not go to Russia?

A certain Timur Mukhamatulin wrote an analytical article on Gazeta.ru that the prospects for the iPhone in Russia are generally unattractive . Let's try to figure it out.

Recall that in the US, where sales of the gadget began on July 1, 2007, a user could buy an iPhone 20-25% cheaper than its market price if he made a contract with the mobile operator AT & T when purchasing.

Well, in the very first lines - such nonsense. About 20-25% of the speech was not, not to mention the fact that without the participation of the cellular operator, AT & T iPhone turned into a very expensive player.
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“Russian operators will not be more active in this matter,” said Eldar Murtazin, lead analyst at Mobile Research Group. According to him, for them, the implementation of the iPhone is not interesting ...

In the same time,

... According to Yelena Prokhorova, the company's spokeswoman, it was not possible to achieve any significant results during these negotiations, although, as Prokhorov admits, VimpelCom would be interested in cooperating with Apple.

According to Murtazin, the European operators that have agreed with Apple have miscalculated.

Obviously, the leading analyst Eldar Murtazin knows more precisely what is actually better for VimpelCom and European cellular operators. Further, personally, is the disclosure of sacred knowledge:

The amount Apple owes is large, and the iPhone has already had problems with device breakdowns and simply with refusals of it, Murtazin says. According to him, now - less than 2 months after the start of sales - in the US you can already buy a restored or “abandoned” iPhone in special stores for $ 100 cheaper.

“Special Store” is the Apple Online Store . Refurbished is a common occurrence for the American market, which Eldar Murtazin cannot not know. In the same way, you can buy an iPod and Macbook at a discount of almost 40%, but Mr. Murtazin is not in a hurry with claims that Apple is having problems with these types of products.

In turn, Savin suggests waiting for the announcement of prices on the iPhone in Europe. “If its prices are lower than in the United States, we can expect an increase in the supply of gray communicators to the Russian market,” said Savin.

Surprisingly: Mr. Savin, as an analyst, is unaware that the prices of Apple products are never lower than in the USA. Even in Hong Kong, in fact, in the homeland of iPods and MacBooks, they can be bought only a few percent more than in America.

Well, the curtain:

According to him, for them, the implementation of the iPhone is uninteresting:
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In Russia, 120-150 iPhones are sold per month, which is very small, says Murtazin.

Yes, this “very” is not enough, considering the $ 800 that the speculators are making out of for those things in Russia. Yes, it is very “overvalued” - even if only in comparison with the Motorola RAZR2 and Nokia 8800, which are even more expensive. Yeah.

Conclusions can be made such:
Sergey Savin, analyst J `Son & Partners - to teach materiel.
Eldar Murtazin, lead analyst at Mobile Research Group - to take care of the stomach and kind title of lead analyst.