Russia’s news site Vedomosti has reported that Apple will begin selling iPhones legally in the country during 2009. Apparently, this is coming from Yevgeny Butman, Apple IMC Russia’s director in Moscow and something’s telling me there’s a merit in his words.
According to market research, there are currently around 470,000 unlocked iPhones in use in Russia and I don’t see a reason why would Apple want to miss such an opportunity. All they have to do is sit with MTS (Russia’s leading mobile operator) or Megafona (which was reportedly in talks with Apple) and negotiate their terms. Now when they’ve changed the business model without requiring carriers for piece of the profits, this should fly. Any thoughts?
[Via: Unwired View]