China Unicom will finally start shipping iPhones next month. There hasn’t been any official announcement yet but this info emerged from multiple sales channels and regional offices.
It seems that the launch date is October 15th, this fact being revealed by China Business Time. We are talking about two types of handsets: the 8GB version and the 16GB one. The Chinese public will be able to purchase the 8GB iPhone for 1999 yuan ($293) while the 16GB model’s price will be 2999 yuan ($439). Both prices are available with a 2-year agreement of at least 186 yuan ($27) per month.
If all of these are true and we have no reason to think otherwise, China Unicom will have no problem with selling millions of iPhones. We are talking here about a country with about 690 million mobile users that is more than Western Europe and USA combined. The Chinese black market currently offers about 1.5 millions iPhones that can be purchased for about $680, so it can’t face China Unicom’s offer.
[via UnwiredView]
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