VietNamNet Bridge – VinaPhone and Viettel will begin distributing iPhone 4 at their shops on September 30, two days later than scheduled.

VietNamNet Bridge – VinaPhone and Viettel will begin distributing iPhone 4 at their shops on September 30, two days later than scheduled.

They had to wait for Apple’s approval of prices for IPhone 4. The official prices will be made public today, September 28.

VinaPhone imported only 500 so they will be available at its shops in the three largest cities in Vietnam – Hanoi, HCM City and Da Nang. The prices will be several dozens of dollars less than the black market.

Meanwhile, the online community rumored that VinaPhone and Viettel will sell iPhone 4 for less than 15 million dong/phone, much lower than the black market (around 20 million dong or $1000). Private shops have stopped importing iPhone 4 to see VinaPhone and Viettel’s moves.

Some said that mobile phone shops will try to buy many of the iPhone 4 from VinaPhone and Viettel as they can to raise prices.

Officials from VinaPhone and Viettel told VNExpress online newspaper that this may happen, because the two distributors imported only 1000 in total. However, they will not allow a customer to buy several phones at the same time and they plan to import more.

In Hanoi and HCM City the price has dropped by $10-30, with 15 million dong for iPhone 4 (16GB locked), 15.8 million dong for the international version, 17.5 million dong for 32G locked and 18.6 million dong for the international version.

PV