“Finally. Apple’s iPhone 4S has made progress towards debuting in China,” Chris Chang reports for M.I.C. Gadget. “On December 6, China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT), has officially issued the network access permit for the iPhone 4S. China Unicom is now preparing for the iPhone 4S release as early as Christmas, or probably New Year.”
“China Unicom is now expecting to launch the device this month. The company told Chinese news website Sohu that the preparation work for sales channel, staff training and network testing is completed. They will try their best to make the iPhone 4S’s arrival official by Christmas and New Year,” Chang reports. “Meanwhile, China Unicom estimates that the iPhone 4S 16GB will be priced at 4,999 yuan without contract.”
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Chinese New Year will be huge for the iPhone 4S!
hope that Apple is ready to defend the phone against copycatters who will flood the market with fakes. producing products in China opens the door to counterfeiters. Selling products there opens the floodgates.