The Chongqing Morning News this morning reported China Unicom will definitely use a subsidized bundled sales approach for the iPhone. “Consumers who buy the actual product will not pay more than 3000 rmb. Also for customers who sign higher priced subscription contracts, the cost of the purchase of iPhone mobile phone will be much lower.”
Yesterday, the reporters came to town a computer Jiefangbei parallel asked Apple iPhone mobile phone.
A sales staff in Jiefangbei said that the latest 16GB 3GS of the iPhone will be more than 5,000, while the 32GB price of the iPhone 3GS in more than 6,000 and must also be ordered in advance.
According to the latest network debut of a “Unicom iPhone” the back of the phone introduced simplified Chinese text which says “美国苹果公司 Apple Inc WCDMA 数字移动电手机 ” which is translated to “USA Apple Inc Apple Inc WCDMA Digital Mobile Phone”.
From the pictures of the 16GB Unicom version we reported earlier, which broke the story to the Western world, there is not much difference in style other than the missing Wi-Fi option in the settings menu. Market analysts believe that a lack of Wi-Fi may reduce the iPhone’s attractiveness to users.
Chongqing Unicom insiders who told reporters that iPhone in China may have some built-in applications and designs that are more specific to users in mainland China.
