iPhone 5S and iPhone 5C will appear in Russia on October 25

Apple has announced that the latest iPhone models will officially appear on the shelves of our country before the end of this month. 

For the first time on the domestic market, the “apple” company displays its smartphone with minimal delay. Before that, Russian buyers had to wait for iPhones for 3 months or more. For example, the iPhone 5 appeared in American retail on September 21, and reached the Russian market only on December 14. 

This time the delay will be only a month. iPhone 5S and iPhone 5C became available in the United States on September 20 and will be on the shelves of Russian stores on October 25. 

The prices are already known and they bite: 

iPhone 5s:29,990 rubles – 16 GB;

• 34,990 rubles .- 32 GB;
• 39,990 rubles. for a model with 64 GB of memory.

iPhone 5c: 24,990 rubles- 16 GB;

• 29,990 rubles .- 32 GB. 

However, given the very low sales of the iPhone 5c (the absolute majority of sales fall on the S-ku, the S-shka is already being sawn in warehouses), most likely, by the Christmas season we will witness a decrease in the cost of these devices (American operators are already making discounts on the iPhone 5c with a contract).

As for Apple itself and the reasons for the withdrawal of smartphones so early, this, as you might guess, indicates the company’s extreme interest in the Russian market. That is, it is definitely no longer possible to say that Russia is a non-priority region for Apple. 

However, this is now impossible for the company itself, given the high dynamics of sales and downloads on the App Store and the fact that, as noted by analyst and popular journalist Eldar Murtazin, thanks to iTunes, Russia has become the third country in the world to sell digital music after the United States and Mexico (we have not found the original source, only recently information has appeared according to last year, it is difficult for us to draw conclusions based on these data, since the iTunes Store appeared in Russia only on December 4, 2012). 

Be that as it may, the company’s interest in Russia, to put it mildly, is serious, since Apple is hastily bringing its goods to the Russian market without reliable partners (more precisely, after a series of scandals).

Sources: apple.ru , vedomosti.ru , mobile-review.com