When Apple released the Iphone originally, they were careful to roll it out slowly into each market. As a result, there was plenty of grey market imported phones all over the world, as people who really wanted the phone and were not willing to wait would go out of market to get the phone.
One of the last markets they rolled out in was China, and by the time they go there not only had the grey market phones become an issue, but also the black market of knock off and near copy phones from Chinese companies had flooded the market. As a result, Iphone sales in China were not as strong as expected, and Apple just didn’t seem to crack the market.
Now with the Iphone4, Apple is moving much more quickly to get into the market, and will release the phone this week, only days after releasing the Ipad into this market. The phone will be available thorugh China Unicom stores, as well as Apple’s own stores in China. Read the full story here
Originally Syndicated via RSS from Broadband Wireless Access
