China Unicom has announced that it will begin selling the iPhone in China on October 1st alongside the official launch of the company’s 3G wireless network. According to the report, China Unicom announced that the iPhone will sell for an unsubsidized price of 5,000 yuan (US$732.50), although it did not note which model would be offered at that price. The company will be offering 8 GB, 16 GB, and 32 GB models.
In August, China Unicom struck a three-year deal with Apple, which has been trying to bring the iPhone to some of China’s nearly 700 million mobile subscribers. A majority of users in the world’s largest mobile market, however still use older 2G services.
Unicom said the phones would be available for services starting October 1.
That date would also mark the company’s official launch of its 3G service, although it has been trialing its network, based on the standard known as WCDMA, for several months since the industry restructuring earlier this year.
Source: Reuters.
