Officially: iPhone 5 will go on sale in Russia on December 14

Just a few minutes ago Apple's website new press release has been published with the official information regarding the release of iPhone 5 on sale in the next group of countries, among which Russia finds itself. According to the dates in the press release, the December release of the latest corporate Apple smartphone will be divided into three stages. On the territory of our homeland iPhone 5 officially begins on sale next Friday, December 14.

Now more details about the actual stages. Before others, seventh day of December the unit will go on the shelves South Korean shops. Then a week later the iPhone 5 will be officially available in the next number of countries (including Russia, Brazil and China)

Albania, Antigua and Barbuda, Armenia, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, China, Costa Rica, Cyprus, Ecuador, Grenada, Indonesia, Israel, Jamaica, Jordan, Kuwait, Macedonia, Malaysia, Moldova, Montenegro, Panama, Paraguay, the Philippines, Qatar, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Taiwan, Turkey, United Arab Emirates Venezuela.

Finally, during the December release of the iPhone 5 in a sale ends December 21 by a group of African-Asian countries:

Barbados, Botswana, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Egypt, Guinea, Côte d'Ivoire, Kenya, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Morocco, Niger, Senegal, St. Kitts, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Tunisia, Uganda and Vietnam.

Interest is announced in a press release rates. Thus, the youngest model of the iPhone 5 with a storage capacity of 16 GB will cost $ 200, 32 GB will cost $ 300, and the top-end configuration with the memory at a rate of 64 GB will be priced at 400 dollars. It is clear that prices are based on carrier contract, but, nevertheless, before Apple has never informed on its website about the sales of branded devices in Russia.

The press release also notes that sales of the iPhone last generation will be carried out through the Apple Online Store and Apple Store. earlier today, it was announced that the fourth day of December in Moscow's GUM held a closed presentation of Apple's, dedicated to some information about iTunes. We hope that it will show not only the Russian iTunes Store, but also announced the opening of Apple Online Store.

Let me remind you, iPhone 5 was unveiled at Apple conference in September. The main changes are the 4-inch screen, a completely new design (thanks to him, the device much thinner and lighter than its predecessor), the A6 powerful processor, better camera with sapphire coating. A detailed review of the iPhone 5 by my colleague Roma St. George you can read on our website MacRadar.

So far, none of the "direct» Apple representatives on the territory of Russia ("The Messenger" - retailMTS and "VimpelCom" - wholesale) did not make official statements regarding the release of iPhone 5 on sale. If you get some additional information on the news, we will update the post.