Some mobile shops in Hanoi and HCM City have sold Apple’s new model iPhone 4G at the price of $2500, three times higher than the price in Britain and Japan.

VietNamNet Bridge – Some mobile shops in Hanoi and HCM City have sold Apple’s new model iPhone 4G at the price of $2500, three times higher than the price in Britain and Japan.

PhoneGee Manager Phong admitted that current prices for iPhone 4 16GB and 32GB at his company are $1800 and $2000. He estimated that around six customers visit PhoneGee daily to ask for iPhone 4 and two of them decided to buy. Though the price is very high, the firm doesn’t have enough products to sell.

Nguyen Ngoc Minh, who owned one of the first in Vietnam, commented: “I have been using Apple equipment at work and for entertainment for a long time. Whenever Apple’s new products appear in Vietnam like iPad or iPhone I would immediately buy one. The prices for these products are much higher than their true value, but I’m satisfied with them because they are top hi-tech products that many people in the world desire.”

In Hanoi, iPhone 4 (international version) is priced lower than in HCM City, ranging from $1600 to $1800.

On Ba Trieu street, iShop Deputy Director Tuan confirmed that his company has received a dozen orders for iPhone 4. The prices are very high, Tuan added, because they are imported from the UK and Japan.

Moreover, iPhone 4 is scare owing to Apple’s policy of restricting two phones per customer. Tuan predicted that once this product is distributed in many Asian countries in late July, its price will drop.

For many Vietnamese, it is not too extravagant to pay nearly $2000 to own the “hottest” technology in 2010.

PV