VinaPhone, the third largest Vietnamese mobile operator and Apple's official distributor, announces prices for iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus with its postpaid and prepaid packages. Another distributor, Viettel, also publicises the prices of the latest iPhones while the remaining, FPT, just set prices for the iPhones with 16GB of storage. iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus will go on sale nationwide beginning November 14. — Photo courtesy of VinaPhone

HA NOI (Biz Hub) — Official distributors of Apple products in Viet Nam have publicised the prices of iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus, which will go on sale nationwide beginning November 14.

Viettel, the largest Vietnamese mobile operator, is offering each locked iPhone 6 with 16GB storage capacity at VND16,499,000 (US$785); with 64GB, VND19,099,000 ($910); and with 128GB, VND21,699,000 ($1,033).

The company is also offering each locked iPhone 6 Plus with 16GB storage capacity at VND19,099,000 ($910); with 64GB, VND21,699,000 ($1,033); and with 128GB, VND24,299,000 ($1,156). It will charge a VND700,000 unlocking fee per mobile phone if the customer prefers to unlock the phone.

VinaPhone, the third largest Vietnamese mobile network, is offering the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus with 16GB, 64GB and 128GB storage capacities and in gold, silver and gray colours, along with promotional packages for calls, SMS and data.

It is offering each iPhone 6 in a postpaid package with 16GB at VND16,099,000 ($765); with 64GB, VND18,699,000 ($890); and with 128GB, VND21,099,000 ($1,005). Customers buying the iPhone in prepaid packages will be charged higher, at VND16,799,000 ($780) for each phone with 16GB; VND19,399,000 ($923) for each phone with 64GB; and VND21,999,000 ($1,047) for each phone with 128GB.

VinaPhone is also offering each iPhone 6 Plus in a postpaid package from VND18,699,000 to VND23,499,000 ($1,120), and those in a prepaid package, from VND19,399,000 to VND24,599,000 ($1,171), depending on storage capacity.

FPT, one of three Apple distributors in Viet Nam, has not officially revealed its prices. However, on its website, the distributor is offering each iPhone 6 with 16GB storage capacity at VND17,990,000 ($856) and each iPhone 6 Plus with 16GB storage capacity at VND20,490,000 ($975).

Prices of iPhones from abroad that are offered at unofficial distributors'outlets are still higher than those at official distributors' outlets.

For example, Hoang Ha Mobile is offering each iPhone 6 with 16GB storage capacity at VND17,190,000 ($818); with 64GB, VND19,990,000 ($950); and with 128GB, VND21,900,000 ($1,042).

It is also offering each iPhone 6 Plus with 16GB at VND19,990,000; with 64GB, VND22,990,000 ($1,094); and with 128GB, VND25,990,000 ($1,237).

Also, Nhat Cuong Mobile is offering each iPhone 6 with 16GB storage capacity at VND16,790,000 ($780); with 64GB, VND19,990,000; and with 128GB, VND21,490,000 ($1,023).

It is also offering each iPhone 6 Plus with 16GB at VND20,490,000 and with 128GB, VND24,990,000 ($1,190). — VNS