“Apple Inc’s iPhone 6 can now be sold in China, after the firm received a license for the device to be used on China’s wireless networks,” Paul Carsten reports for Reuters.
“The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) said on its website on Tuesday that it had approved the iPhone 6 after Apple addressed potential security risks that could allow personal data to leak,” Carsten reports. “The approval paves the way for Apple to sell the iPhone 6 in China, the world’s largest smartphone market and one of Apple’s biggest for iPhone sales. Analysts expect the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus to sell well in China, where many people prefer phones with larger screens.”
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Great, now my 6+ won’t come for another two weeks!
At least the lines outside of China won’t be so long… I hope.
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Huge!
Hmf. Maybe my 6+ that I preordered 4 minutes before 12:01am will arrive before the preorders start in China. Aargh. Oh well.
THIS is why the iPhone 6 prices in China have been falling, not a lack of interest but a lack of enough suckers willing to pay to get the things a few days early. It brings joy to my heart to see these greedy idiots being stuck selling for close to or at Apple’s price.
Chinese mafia doesn’t sell phones just in China. Anyway I’m sure the China MIIT gave these scalpers time enough to get back some investment back and some profit. There’s corruption in EVERY country; it’s the level that changes.