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On iPhones in China
By Jeremy Horwitz
Editor-in-Chief, iLoungeGoogle+
Published: Friday, July 22, 2011
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Just a brief tidbit regarding rumors that are circulating regarding Apple’s plans for the iPhone family in China.
Some people are speculating that Apple will roll out the iPhone 5 to all of mainland China in order to radically enhance its footprint there. A well-informed source has suggested that the plan is to drop the iPhone 3GS’s price—perhaps by half—and use it with modest regionally-appropriate modifications as an entry-level model for China. This just makes sense in light of Apple’s historic challenges in ramping up production on totally new products; keeping the 3GS around as the no-contract iPhone option for developing countries is highly plausible.
Note: many of the reports we get from our sources are “this is happening,” and some are less clear. This is one of the less clear ones, along with a bunch of other details (downgraded iPad coming in multiple color choices alongside the iPad 2 Plus) that are being deemed unreliable at this point.
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They’ll probably sell them here…
“Fake Apple stores found in Kunming city, China”
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-14236786
Posted by Bob Levens in UK on July 23, 2011 at 3:21 AM (PST)