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iPhone 4 to launch in China on Sept. 25, 2 new stores to open

Apple announced Sunday that the iPhone 4 will be available in China starting Saturday, September 25 at 8 a.m. The launch will coincide with the openings of the Hong Kong Plaza Apple Store in Shanghai and the Xidan Joy City Apple Store in Beijing.

Apple issued the press release Sunday, announcing that it would effectively double its brick-and-mortar presence in China on Sept. 25.

The Cupertino, Calif., company announced earlier this year that it plans to build 25 retail stores in China in the next two years.

At Apple's retail stores, the iPhone 4 will start at CNY4,999 (about $743) for the 16 GB model and will not require a contract. A two-year contract is required for customers who purchase the handset through China Unicom.

According to the Wall Street Journal, users who buy through China Unicom will have to pay CNY5,880 (about $874) for the iPhone 4 and a deposit for the two-year contract.

Apple's press release did not mention whether iPhone 4 purchasers will receive a free case, as previously rumored.

Next week's iPhone 4 launch comes just a week after the successful launch of the iPad in China. Apple fans lined up outside the Shanghai and Beijing Apple stores, with some waiting as long as 60 hours for the tablet device.



48 Comments

wurm5150 15 Years · 763 comments

Well that's real cheap..

I guess the iPhone is for the middle class and rich Chinese..

nvidia2008 18 Years · 9117 comments

Quote:
Originally Posted by Wurm5150

Well that's real cheap..

I guess the iPhone is for the middle class and rich Chinese..

Precisely where Apple wants to be over the next few years in China. It's Like Gucci and Loius Vitton in Asia.

mgl323 15 Years · 247 comments

I expect people to wait even more for the iphone 4.

ksec 19 Years · 1502 comments

Hopefully that includes one in Hong Kong.......

solipsism 19 Years · 25701 comments

Surely it won’t sell well¡ After all Apple uses commodity HW, Android had not only caught up with iOS but far surpassed it with its openness, and Asian phones are so advanced that anything designed in the US pales in comparison¡