Apple fans queue overnight to get hands on new iPhone 12 in Saigon

There were long queues outside cellphone stores in Ho Chi Minh City late on Thursday night as Apple fans could not wait for the official launch of the iPhone 12 in Vietnam.

Apple started distributing the products to the Vietnamese market from 0:00 on Friday.

On this occasion, its authorized dealers in Ho Chi Minh City organized several interesting open sales events from 10:00 pm on Thursday.

Retailer Di Dong Viet welcomed customers to pick up their re-ordered iPhone 12s at a cinema on Tran Quang Khai Street in District 1 at 9:00 pm.

The event was also attended by famous Vietnamese artists and technology influencers.

On the same street, hundreds of people queued in front of Minh Tuan Mobile Store to get their hands on the new iPhones.

The same busy spree was also found at the retail system of FPT Shop and F.Studio, two members of the leading Vietnamese telecoms firm FPT Corp, the PetroVietnam building, where an outlet of Shopdunk – a partner of the Apple authorized reseller PETROSETCO – is located, and the CellphoneS store on Nguyen Thai Hoc Street.

Tran Long, a customer at Minh Tuan Mobile Store, said that the new iPhone 12s were launched at more competitive prices than previous versions and even with sooner delivery.           

“I’m really excited to be one of the first customers in Vietnam to own an authentic iPhone 12,” Long said.

Apple Inc. officially distributed the iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 Pro in some key markets, excluding Vietnam, on October 23.

The other two models – iPhone 12 Mini and iPhone 12 Pro Max – have been available from November 13.