Disqus
Oddly enough, yesterday I posted a tweet saying that “I refuse to write about Apple and China Unicom anymore until I see an official press release on either of their websites”. And what do you know, today I wake up with a press release in my inbox from China Unicom that says “on 28 August, the Company and Apple reached a three-year agreement for the Company to sell iPhone in China. The initial launch is expected to be in the fourth calendar quarter of 2009″. The details of the agreement have not yet been released. We don’t know how many iPhones China Unicom will get, whether or not it will be the iPhone 3G or 3GS or some new modified iPhone that lacks WiFi, all we do know is China Unicom has over 140 million customers. That’s a lot of people who may want to upgrade to the Jesus phone.
Update: “Apple spokesman Alan Hely confirmed the deal with China Unicom, but declined to give further details.” – WSJ, via Engadget Mobile
About The Author
Stefan Constantinescu
Stefan Constantinescu (@WhatTheBit on Twitter) has loved technology since as far back as he can remember. It started with computers, but in the past few years his passion has turned to mobile devices. As a mobile phone enthusiast who lives and breathes devices that connect to the internet, he knows he is not alone with this radical fascination of all things wireless. He is strongly opinionated and enjoys a good debate so leave comments in his posts and he’ll get back to you! Stefan began blogging as a hobby in the fall of 2006 and joined IntoMobile in the summer of 2007. Later he got a job at Nokia in March 2008, but as of June 2009 he has rejoined the IntoMobile team. He is currently based out of Helsinki, Finland.
