After we’ve seen the iPhone ready for Russia, it’s not such a big surprise the Ukrainian release. The iPhone is rumored to arrive the night between October 2nd and October 3rd with MTS as the carrier selling it.

The Russian neighbors will see the iPhone arriving form MTS, MegaFon and Vimplecom. Apple managed to get a foothold on these markets and we’re likely to see lots of iPhones sold in Russia and the Ukraine in the following months.

We don’t have any details about special pricing and plans for Ukraine but we’ll keep you updated as soon as we have received them.

We’ve come a long way since we have first started talking about the iPhone 3G in Russia. Local carriers are ready to sell Apple’s device and, according to Reuters, the actual sales will start on October 3rd.

All major carriers will have iPhone offers for their subscribers. MTS, Vimpelcom and MegaFon will all have the same pricing offers. The 8GB will sell for about $924 while the 16GB will cost $1,084 without a plan. We’ll be waiting for detailed plan offers.

Come on Russia already, take the damn Apple phone! We’re tired of seeing leaked news and hear from dependable sources details about the official iPhone appearance in Russia. (more…)

Apple seems confident it will sell about 3.5 million iPhones in Russia and it has finally reached an agreement with Mobile TeleSystems, Russia’s largest carrier to sell the handset starting October. According to previous rumors we were expecting the iPhone 3G to enter the Russian market only in 2009.

Besides MTS, Vimpelcom and MegaFon are also considered by Apple to sell the iPhone. Currently more than 600,000 iPhones are being used unofficially in Russia and more are going to be sold by the time Apple will start to ship handsets to the country.

Russian carriers are expected to buy the iPhone for $399 from Apple and sell it for about $990. Quite a price! Not the usual affordable price Apple has been promoting but cheaper than any unlocked iPhone brought over from abroad.