iPhone 3GS may not appear in Russia

Kommersant reports:

Sales of the third generation iPhone - 3GS will not begin in Russia not only before the New Year, but may not take place at all. The Big Three are not ready to sell tubes at the price recommended by Apple. The cost of the most expensive model of the iPhone 3GS with 32 GB of memory will exceed 40 thousand rubles in retail. Market participants believe that with such a price, there is no great demand for smartphones ...
... In the middle of December, the next meeting of representatives of the "troika" with Apple should take place. If the purchase price of the most expensive iPhone 3GS model (32 GB) is € 530, then, including VAT (18%), customs duty (23%) and operator’s margin, which is estimated at 38% , the retail price of the smartphone will be more than 40 thousand. rub.

There is an opinion that the “operator margin” of 38 percent is a bit of dofig. It is not entirely clear for what cunning such services the operator wants such a bold piece. Transportation and certification are clearly much less. This is a very typical approach - first to pay a markup of almost forty percent, and then to the manufacturer to cry that, they say, your devices are worth something expensive, let us sell them cheaper, otherwise people won't buy them. In general, everything is as always. In Russia, probably, the richest people live. For the introduction of new technologies (yes, in general, to any technology), we pay a double price.