VietNamNet Bridge – VinaPhone and Viettel will purchase an additional 2,000 iPhone 4 products in October to meet the high demand for this luxurious cell phone.

VietNamNet Bridge – VinaPhone and Viettel will purchase an additional 2,000 iPhone 4 products in October to meet the high demand for this luxurious cell phone.

Initially, each firm will import 300 units and 1,400 after that. They have stopped importing iPhone 3GS.

VinaPhone and Viettel will sell 300 iPhone 4 each. These are two official distributors of iPhone in Vietnam. The two distributors sold out a total of 1,000 Apple’s latest iPhone within a few hours on the morning of September 30, when it was first officially distributed in Vietnam.

Long lines of people waiting to buy the phone gathered in front of Vinaphone and Viettel stores in Hanoi and HCM City at around 7am. As there were not enough, many customers went home empty-handed and angry.

The iPhone 4 launched in the US in June. Although the smartphone has been available at phone shops around the country for months, it was only distributed officially in Vietnam via Vinaphone and Viettel for the first time this week.

Official prices are set at VND13.4 million for the 16 gigabyte version and VND15.6 million for the 32 GB model. Prices at these official outlets are VND2-3 million lower than prices at small-scale phone shops.

Vinaphone and Viettel began selling the previous versions 3G and 3GS of the iPhone in March.

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