Images of Chinese iPhone Surface, Regulatory Approval Granted
The pictures were posted on Chinese portal Sina.com.cn on Friday morning and showed an iPhone with simplified Chinese characters in its display and inscribed on the back of the handset. Simplified characters are used in mainland China and Singapore, but Singaporean iPhones don't have Chinese inscription on the case. (Hong Kong and Taiwan use more complex traditional characters)
The iPhone in the pictures also carries China's "Environmental Protection Use Period" mark, which indicates the number of years of normal operation during which hazardous or toxic substances included in the product will not leak or change in a way that harms the environment or human health. In the case of the iPhone pictured that length of time is 10 years.
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Massive market for Apple - Capitalism in the land of the commies - snap!
10 years of safety from the iPhone sounds good
The finish on the rear leaves a hell of a lot to be desired… and as for the printing. *ouch*
I'm not sure what the second picture is of
"your sim just sent a message"
Deny Allow
The iPhone in the pictures also carries China's "Environmental Protection Use Period" mark, which indicates the number of years of normal operation during which hazardous or toxic substances included in the product will not leak or change in a way that harms the environment or human health. In the case of the iPhone pictured that length of time is 10 years.
So if the same applies to the other iPhones in the US and Europe, that means you shouldn't keep the iPhone for more than 10 years because it might possibly kill you!
Not that any sane person would keep a phone for that long, even half that, but still a little scary if you think about it.
I'm not sure what the second picture is of
You are accessing information that is detrimental to the survival of the Glorious Nation of China. How would you like to be executed?
"Hung" "Shot"
I'm not sure what the second picture is of
[Dear] honourable customer, [we] welcome you to make use of China Unicom's service.
cancel or accept.
^^haha. wonderful options.
still no wifi and no "made in china". i guess that would be obvious. and why is there a battery charge % thingie?
With so many iPhone knockoffs in China, how are people supposed to tell them apart from the real thing?
True.
The iPhone is only safe for 10 years...... it's a good thing that iPhone users are so anal that they swap them out every few weeks due to a dead pixel or a tiny little scratch.
I'm surprised the back doesn't say:
"Designed by Apple in California. Made by you here."
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