Chinese iPhone Imminent?

**Cody Overcash** · 07-28-2009, 11:08 AM

Will the iPhone ever make it to China? According to Tech.QQ the answer is yes, by the end of September 2009 via China Unicom.

The Apple and China Unicom deal will be a 3-year exclusive.
The iPhone will be customized for the China market (e.g. Chinese language and preloaded with “for China” apps).
China Unicom will pay Apple 3,000 CNY ($439 USD) per unit.
China Unicom will subsidize iPhone by pricing the iPhone below the 3,000 CNY paid to Apple. This would take the official iPhone price below the grey-market price for smuggled iPhones.
China Unicom has promised to sell a minimum 1 million units per year with significantly higher sales targets.
The iPhone for China will make use of Apple’s China App Store.

Maybe we can finally put the no yes no China iPhone news to rest.

via iphonasia

**wakka102** · 07-28-2009, 11:17 AM

so wait, is that 439$ WITH a contract or without? I thought the Iphone in America was more expensive then that without a contract or am I wrong.

**sikdaz** · 07-28-2009, 11:23 AM

wow.. still

**StealthBravo** · 07-28-2009, 11:25 AM

This is so exciting!

**Melech518** · 07-28-2009, 11:55 AM

Wooohooo my stock is going upppp ahaha

**StealthBravo** · 07-28-2009, 11:56 AM

^ My thoughts exactly

**LGgeek** · 07-28-2009, 12:09 PM

“for China” apps - so lots of government spyware.

**StealthBravo** · 07-28-2009, 12:17 PM

^ lol +1

**PlatoTheForms** · 07-28-2009, 04:30 PM

Originally Posted by LGgeek

“for China” apps - so lots of government spyware.

explain this joke to me please I wanna laugh...what is the relation between "government spyware and china?

**StealthBravo** · 07-28-2009, 04:31 PM

**Sherm23** · 07-28-2009, 05:52 PM

Originally Posted by Emelin27

explain this joke to me please I wanna laugh...what is the relation between "government spyware and china?

You serious? Big Brother? Government Control? Communism? Ladies and gentleman I believe someone needs to go take a Survey of world politics class at their local community college. Try to find the pothead hippie for a teacher, easier grading and sometimes more animated in their teaching strategy.

could this be a CDMA iphone? I seem to remember hearing that that was a deal maker/breaker for China. If so that yields some loverly possibilities!

**rwin84** · 07-28-2009, 06:14 PM

No CDMA Unicom is a GSM provider. Apple refused to make a CDMA version as it would require reconfiguring a lot of the existing hardware. With such successful sales all over the world there is no reason to change production types for one company/country.

**sziklassy** · 07-29-2009, 12:21 AM

And the countdown to why China shoots down the iPhone for the 453rd time begins.

**algojobathosai** · 07-29-2009, 01:16 AM

wicked

**angiepangie** · 07-29-2009, 01:22 AM

Originally Posted by rwin84

No CDMA Unicom is a GSM provider. Apple refused to make a CDMA version as it would require reconfiguring a lot of the existing hardware. With such successful sales all over the world there is no reason to change production types for one company/country.

In that case, everyone should stop looking forward to Apple switching to Verizon, right?

**StealthBravo** · 07-29-2009, 01:57 AM

No Verizon iPhone folks!

**angiepangie** · 07-29-2009, 01:59 AM

^^Yea I didn't think so

But if the rumors ARE true about apple signing to Verizon instead of AT&T then they would have to break that "rule" about GSM

**StealthBravo** · 07-29-2009, 02:03 AM

^ yea, very true

**confucious** · 07-29-2009, 04:22 AM

Apple will NOT go to verizon, as I have said many times it just ain't gonna happen.
china Unicom used to own a CDMA network but them moved there CDMA network to China Telecom and now have a UMTS network.
What I don't know, and would appreciate some help with, is what frequency their UMTS network runs on?

[Edit] Scratch that, they use 2100Mhz. The same as just about everyone else outside of the Amercas[/Edit]

**angiepangie** · 07-29-2009, 08:28 PM

^^ I'm not a sir

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