A few tantalizing tidbits surfaced today indicating that the iPhone's long-awaited entry into the Chinese market will occur next month and that the ChiPhone will include three communications methods: "EDGE (enhanced data rates for GSM evolution), 3G and China's related standards." The report comes from the China Economic News Service (CENS) and focuses on a few Taiwanese companies and how they will benefit from being iPhone parts suppliers. In discussing the companies' good fortune, the report says that "the third version of iPhone ... is scheduled to be officially launched in China early July." If, indeed, the article is correct, the launch will be a monster win for Apple, which has long been negotiating for access to that market. Talks with the largest Chinese wireless telecom, China Mobile, reportedly broke down over a year ago. More recently came a report that competitor China Unicom was deep in iPhone discussions with Cupertino.
Source: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/06/01/chinese_iphone_rumored_for_july/
Tuesday, 2 June 2009
Apple ChiPhone set for July?
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