iPhone X available in Vietnam from December 8

iPhone X – Apple’s latest iPhone product – will officially be sold in Vietnam from December 8.
iPhone X available in Vietnam from December 8 ảnh 1iPhone X – Apple’s latest iPhone product – will officially be sold in V​ietnam from December 8 (Photo news.zing.vn)

Hanoi (VNA) -
iPhone X – Apple’s latest iPhone product – willofficially be sold in Vietnam from December 8.

FPT Shop – an Apple Authorised Reseller in Vietnam – said buyers couldpre-order the genuine iPhone X from December 1 to 7.

It said the iPhone X would cost 29.9 million VND (1,317 USD) and 34.7 million VND(1,528 USD) for the 64GB and 256GB versions, respectively, for both the silverand grey colours.

The price of the iPhone X at an Apple Authorised Reseller would be 500,000 VND to1 million VND cheaper than a phone bought from private shops. Private shopstransported these phones to Vietnam in different ways.

Earlier, most large mobile phone retailers in Vietnam expected that theiPhone X would be sold in the country by the end of this year or the beginningof next year.

A genuine iPhone X is being sold at an Apple Authorised Reseller in Vietnam laterthan other countries such as Thailand, Malaysia and Cambodia.

Private shops began taking orders several days ago. Vietnamese dealers fly toregional countries, especially Singapore, and buy the iPhone X from authorisedresellers there, and then carry the phones to Vietnam to sell at aprofit.

Online newspaper Zing.vn estimates that in the US, some usersspend money equal to one week’s salary to own an iPhone, while some Vietnamesespend six months’ salary. - VNA
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