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iPhone to launch officially in China shortly

Started by Ewan · 9 months ago

Cellular News is reporting that the iPhone is shortly due to launch ‘officially’ with China Mobile:
China Mobile is expected to officially launch the Apple iPhone on its network shortly - but with some of the functionality removed to comply with Chinese regulations. The ... Continue reading »

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  • Ummm removal of 3G AND WI-FI ... that doesn't leave much, unless it still has EDGE or GPRS. Without any data connection ability it would be an extraordinarily expensive basic phone (although very shiny and multi-touch etc..) with the ability to sync media I guess ? and how are users supposed to know wether an app store application will work or not ?

    I'm probably jumping the gun a bit here, but it doesn't sound all that great, for users or apple.
  • It's all to do with the 3G systems they're deploying there in China. The
    device is going to need to be customised for the Chinese market if they want
    3G support :(

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  • Oh, if its just replacing 3G with China-3G then thats not so bad... thought the original bit sounded like 3G was just being removed completely.

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