Sale of iPhone 3GS in Russia will begin on February 15

According to the newspaper Kommersant, sales of the iPhone 3GS communicator in Russia will begin on February 15, just before the holidays on March 8 and February 23, when the purchasing power of the population is higher than usual. Kommersant also noted that the “big three” of Russian operators - MTS, MegaFon and VimpelCom - agreed with Apple about the supply of a small first batch of 30-50 thousand units. Operators have yet to determine the day of the start of sales, presumably it will be February 15. The cost of the most popular iPhone 3GS model with 16 GB of internal memory will be 30 thousand rubles.
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However, there is one snag - the planned release of the iPhone 3GS in Russia may break due to the new norms of the Customs Union of Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan, which entered into force on January 1 of this year. This is due to the need for registration of licenses. At the moment, negotiations with the customs company is Apple, and it remains to be hoped that by the holidays the new product will already be on sale. Euroset President Alexander Malis predicts about 20 thousand units sold in the first month of sales, and then 3-5 thousand units monthly.
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