Apple iPhone 5 Up For Pre-Orders In China , Will Cost You Upto $8600

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The Apple iPhone 5 has not even been announced yet by Apple and pre-orders for the highly anticipated device have already started in Chine .

Sellers on chinese website Taobao which is part of the Alibaba group , have put up the mockup images of iPhone 5 along with rumored specifications and offering pre-order for the device for prices well over $1000 .

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Another seller , "Zhuji" on Taobao has listed the iPhone 5 for much more , asking $8600 .

According to Reuters , these sellers plan to purchase the iPhone 5 in the US or Hong Kong once it goes on sale and bring it to China .

Apple products , even though manufactured in China , are difficult to get hold there , so dealers try to make huge profit by importing and selling devices in grey market .

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I believe the source if wrong in terms of pricing. It is NOT DOLLAR but RMB, the local chinese currency. The price is 8600 RMB which is like 75K INR.
 
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raksrules, that makes logic else no one in china is going to pay $8600 USD for Apple no matter how great the phone may be.... and the image shows Apple iPhone 4S and not 5
 
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Yep that may make some sense.But whatever that is it is abnormally overpriced.I would instead add few bucks more and get a mac book pro.
 
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