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China Unicom Denies Reports of iPhone Deal

Friday August 14, 2009 10:55 am PDT by Eric Slivka
The Associated Press reports that China Unicom is denying that it has reached an agreement with Apple to purchase five million iPhones for release in China.

"Talks between us and Apple have been going on for some time, but no agreement has been reached yet," said Unicom spokesman Yi Difei. "There are all kinds of possibilities.There is no particular timetable for the talks."

Reports of the agreement apparently originated from Yu Zhaonan, a sales manager for China Unicom's subsidiary in Guangdong Province, who was unavailable for comment on the company spokesman's denial. A spokesman for Unicom Guangdong, however, claimed to have no knowledge of an agreement and referred additional questions to China Unicom's central offices.
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abrooks
Posted: 33 months ago
Surely this should be a front page story, it carries exactly the same significance as the story that it refers to.
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zombitronic
Posted: 33 months ago

Reports of the agreement apparently originated from Yu Zhaonan, a sales manager for China Unicom's subsidiary in Guangdong Province, who was unavailable for comment on the company spokesman's denial.


Unavailable, or silenced? Triad style.
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cleanup
Posted: 33 months ago
Oh well. A lot of the people in China who want an iPhone have already managed to get their hands on one from Hong Kong.
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iphones4evry1
Posted: 33 months ago
I will be looking forward to a story in the future, from China Unicom and Apple, saying that they have finally reached a deal. It needs to happen. I hope they continue to negotiate and are able to arrive at an agreement sometime soon.
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sjo
Posted: 33 months ago

Surely this should be a front page story, it carries exactly the same significance as the story that it refers to.


this is a rumor site. so rumors get on the front page, news buried somewhere not to be found :D
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DELLsFan
Posted: 33 months ago
Oh ... like I'd believe anything a Chinese company said anyway ... Silly commies. Take your yuan from Apple and go learn how to lie, will ya? Cheap lessons available in Washington D.C. ... :cool:
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reverie
Posted: 33 months ago

this is a rumor site. so rumors get on the front page, news buried somewhere not to be found :D


Usually Macrumors will add an Update paragraph into a debunked page one story.
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iMrNiceGuy0023
Posted: 33 months ago
I thought iPhones were made in China
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