iPhone 4 Available in China on September 25th
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Apple announced yesterday that the iPhone 4 would finally arrive in China beginning on Saturday, September 25th.
iPhone 4 will be sold in China through Apple's retail stores for a suggested retail price of CNY4,999 for the 16GB model and CNY5,999 for 32GB model without a contract. At China Unicom stores, iPhone 4 will be available for qualified buyers with a new two year contract, sold separately. For pricing and tariff information please visit www.10010.com.
MICGadget has an unboxing of the Chinese model of the iPhone 4 which does contain Wi-Fi. The iPhone was only recently allowed to ship with Wi-Fi in China due to regulations.
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So anybody that wants to buy one, has to be approved by the government? How does the process go in China?
Approved by the government? Where do you see that in the post?
So anybody that wants to buy one, has to be approved by the government? How does the process go in China?
Nope,the government act just like FCC here, they approved the device can have WI-FI build in. Actually, this is China Unicom and AAPL business after all:cool:
Approved by the government? Where do you see that in the post?
It's not in the article. I was just curious how the system works in China. haha
? my iphone also has wifi :) why wouldnt they allow wifi on their phones?
Google for that one.
Believe it or not, but the USA is not the centre of the world; many countries have many regulations on many different things.
Is it CDMA?
(Crosses Fingers)
Doesn't look like it:
移动电话网络
UMTS/HSDPA/HSUPA (850, 900, 1900, 2100 MHz)
GSM/EDGE (850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz)
802.11b/g/n WLAN (802.11n 2.4GHz only)
蓝牙 2.1 + EDR 无线技术
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