This morning Apple has officially opened pre-orders for iPhone 5 in the USA, France, Germany, Great Britain, Japan, Australia, Hong Kong, Singapore and Canada, and here you can find it prices for European countries. Based on these prices we can get an idea about the price that the device will have both in online stores in Romania, as well as for those who buy it from abroad and bring it in the first days in the country, and at the end the prices from the operators remain. These are just estimates, you don't have to consider them as fixed prices, but based on them you can get an idea about the amount of money you would have to pay for an iPhone 5.
In the case of widows, prices iPhone 5 terminals will start from €900/€950 for the 16 GB version of the iPhone 5 and will reach around €1500 for the 64 GB version, and there will be enough buyers because the terminal is in high demand. The main media where you will find iPhone 5 for sale in the first days are the computergames/softpedia forums and of course the famous okazii, but I can tell you from experience that these terminals sell like hot cakes. Last year I bought iPhone 4S from Alex at a good price and I am sure that now he will have enough available.
In online stores, iPhone 5 will be available at prices of 3300/3500 RON for the 16 GB version, but they can reach up to 5000 RON for the 64 GB version. And in these cases there will be many buyers because the terminal is in high demand, and online stores in Romania will not be afraid to ask for high prices because they have done so every year. The good part is that these prices will be greatly reduced in the period immediately after the launch of the iPhone 5 at the mobile phone operators, but until then you will have to buy it at the prices requested by the stores.
In the end, there are operators who will offer full subscriptions for users, and here prices depend on the desire of each operator to attract as many customers as possible. In general, the cheapest model of a new iPhone costs at least €300 with the most expensive subscription, and this year I don't think the prices will be lower than usual. Orange, Cosmote and Vodafone will have a series of standard iPhone subscriptions, they will probably "recycle" those from last year, but you will be able to buy the terminal with your own subscription, so you will have personalized offers for each subscription. I don't think that the operators will sell the iPhone 5 at full price from the very beginning, but you can ask in the stores.
This is my opinion about iPhone 5 prices in Romania, we'll see if I'm right or not.
