Sales of third-generation iPhone – 3GS – will begin in Russia on March 5. Largest resellers Apple – re: Store and Z-Store – again ahead of all and announce the exclusive launch sales iPhone 3GS on the night of 4 to 5 March.

Exactly at midnight on March 4 in all the shops re: Store and Z-Store everyone will be able to become owners of the official phone Apple iPhone 3GS first in Russia. In honor of the launch sales of the company Z-Store gives an official event for the most loyal users of Apple products in the store at 1-ya Tverskaya-Yamskaya, 28.

Shops Sales:

• Z-Store at Belarusian – Moscow, 1-ya Tverskaya-Yamskaya, 28
• Z-Store on Tverskaya street – Moscow, Kutuzov prospect, 26
• re: Store in the Atrium – Ul. The earth wall, 33, 1 floor
• re: Store in the European – Moscow, pl. Kiev station, 4 th Floor, Hall. 4-B7

In all other stores retail chains re: Store and Z-Store a new phone from Apple's go on sale the morning of March 5.

VimpelCom "(" Beeline "brand) announced that sales of iPhone 3GS with special tariff opportunities in Russia will begin March 5.

"Each user has chosen iPhone 3GS from Beeline, will be offered the best fare, perfectly suitable to the unique opportunities iPhone», – says Martin Furuseth, Chief Marketing Officer of VimpelCom. In 2009, VimpelCom launched a 3G-network in all regions of Russia.

Today, residents of 115 cities in Russia can appreciate the benefits of third generation networks: high-speed Internet surfing, downloading, emailing and messaging. In Moscow's 3G network available in the center of the capital and parts of the areas outside the 3rd Ring Road. In addition, 3G services are available inside the buildings – in business centers, airports Domodedovo, Sheremetyevo 2, etc.

Coverage 3G network in Moscow continues to expand. Suggested retail price for the model iPhone 3GS 16 GB is 29 990 rubles, and for the model iPhone 3GS 32 GB – 34990 rubles. When buying iPhone 3GS from Beeline in tariff "apple juice", users can take advantage of favorable price offers and the convenience of the networks 3G. For example, in the package "Fresh 100" tariff "apple juice" 500 MB, 100 minutes and 200 SMS offer for only 500 rubles. month for a year.

based on the press release VimpelCom

Operators of the Big Three has finally reported on the start dates of sales iPhone 3GS, the newspaper Vedomosti. All three companies will sell "novelty" to March, while at the same price. Model with 16 GB of memory will cost 29 990 rubles., With 32 GB – 34 990 rubles.

Sales of so much delayed due to the fact that the operators for a long time could not agree with Apple on the conditions of the original supply. According to Vedomosti, the MTS should have been purchased for the period 2008-2011. About 1.3 million iPhone, «Vimpelcom – 1.5 million to October 2010, and" Megaphone "- 1 million, however, managed to sell quite a small part of the planned. Namuchennye bitter experience, the three operators initially procure only 100 000 new tubes each.

In addition, Apple remained dissatisfied with the way Russia's operators advertised the iPhone 3G. In particular, Cupertino do not like the commercials all three companies came in about the same time. Now for the iPhone will undertake a third-party advertising company – Optimum Media OMD Group.

via Gazette

VimpelCom was the first operator in Russia to offer customers the latest iPhone 3GS. 16 gigabaytovaya model will cost 29 990 rubles, 32-gigabaytovaya – 34 990. However, while the "Beeline" only taking pre-orders, but all indications are that sales will begin very soon.

Via Deep Apple

Site iSuppli found out that the cost of component "stuffing» Nexus One significantly lower than the iPhone 3GS. According to their calculations, the total value of all its components is $ 174, which is $ 5 less than the 16-gigabaytovogo iPhone 3GS ($ 179). Thus at Nexus One faster processor, more memory, larger screen and the technology of AMOLED.

Lower cost to iSuppli associated with the use of flash memory. Although most of the components of the Nexus One more perfect than the iPhone, he has only 4 GB of memory on the memory card microSDHC. It is important to note that this calculation does not include the costs of production and marketing.

The conclusion from this is that at a comparable level of expenditure at Nexus One more qualitative component base. Accordingly, Google theoretically capable of a similar or better smart phone than Apple, for the price. However, Apple is always higher than retail price, the market used to it, and the risks for Apple in this regard are minimal.

Via Electronista

Operators MTS, VimpelCom and Megafon allegedly successfully completed the negotiations with Apple to sell in Russia iPhone 3GS. Although the details of the contracts is unknown, the newspaper "Kommersant" reported that "Megafon" will sell the smartphone in the first quarter of next year, MTS and Vimpelcom – around the same time.

While the iPhone is sold in Russia does not matter: the whole "Big Three" was able to sell only 300 thousand models, whereas the main purpose of ten times. What fate awaits 3GS, is impossible to predict. Much will depend on the price of new items, which the source does not.

Via Mnovosti

Apple and MTS have agreed on Russian sales of iPhone 3GS. This is reported news agency RIA Novosti reports with reference to its own anonymous source, although the official confirmation of MTS on this topic yet. The agency also suggested that sales will begin in the first months of 2010.

iPhone 3G, which is already sold in Russia, is 19-24 thousand rubles. How much will it cost 3GS, is still unknown. According to Kommersant, the price of the order of 30-40 thousand, though there is nothing more than the forecast.

Attempts to bring 3GS in Russia undertaken since the summer, but so far unsuccessfully. Now this model can be bought only informally.

Via Lenta