Apple will not sell the new iPhone SE and iPad Air 5th generation in Russia
Miscellaneous / / March 18, 2022
In the gray market, a smartphone is already offered at a price of 70,000 rubles.
Apple refuses to sell a new product in Russia iPhone SE And iPad Air from the spring presentation. About it writes TASS with reference to its own sources in the smartphone market.
The agency clarifies that Apple has stopped selling devices and supplying new devices to the country, but has not yet left the Russian market. The AppStore app store continues to work, and iOS updates come to the devices of Russian users. The manufacturer also continues to provide services.
iPhone SE sales in other countries began on March 18. In Russia, the novelty cannot yet be bought even in unofficial stores, but some sellers at Avito offer to bring a smartphone from other countries on order. The issue price is from 70,000 rubles, while the official cost is from $429 (≈44,500 rubles).
Apparently, restrictions on the supply to Russia will affect all the new products of the spring presentation. This is not only the iPhone SE 3 and iPad Air 5, but also the iPhone 13 models
in green, as well as Mac Studio and a Studio Display monitor.