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iPhone Reportedly Coming To China This Fall
An anonymous reader writes "Executives from China Mobile have reportedly met with Apple CEO Steve Jobs a number of times to discuss introducing an iPhone model compliant with China Mobile's proprietary network standard."
Moments after posting, China Mobile confirmed they are in talks with Apple, but have yet to reach a firm agreement.
The Demolition Man inspired phone will issue citations to chinese citizens for violation of the verbal morality statute on the recognition of key phrases including "human rights," "free tibet," "taiwan had the right idea," and "Hey, you sass that hoopy Ford Prefect? There's a frood who really knows where his towel is."
-- IANAL, this isn't legal advice, and definitely isn't legal advice for you. Also, Squee!
http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2010/09/19iPhone-4-Available-in-China-on-September-25.html
The iPhone is on China Unicom; this is just an announcement about being on a new provider too. China Mobile is much bigger though.
Just about everyone I saw in Shenzhen and Dongguan a couple months ago was rocking an iPhone 4. Fewer in Beijing but they were still plentiful. My unlocked iPhone 3G worked just fine in each of the six cities I visited, including data. The app store is a different subject, though.
Eagles may soar, but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines.
Also, the "top 1%" isn't a club that's impossible to get in to. hard? sure. impossible? nope.
I'd say it's closer to impossible, and I don't know what that has to do with GP's point. We shouldn't try to change the current situation where the top 1% takes all because there's a slightly greater than zero percent chance we could make it into that 1%? That seems to be the only semi-logical reason people are opposed to any talk of wealth redistribution for the uber-wealthy. I guess if you think you have a shot at that, it's valid.
My philosophy is hope for the best and prepare for the worst: you should do all you can to get into that 1% but vote for taxes, a public welfare system, and budgets on the assumption that you won't.
Some of us are perfectly happy not trying to be Warren Buffet, but that doesn't mean that we couldn't be.
It's worth pointing out that Warren Buffet is telling anyone who will listen that he's not being taxed enough and that he shouldn't be that wealthy. One of the guys at the top is saying the situation is absurd.
When I was in ShenZhen last, a few Chinese had iPhone clones that looked a lot like the real deal.
Apparently, as other people have pointed out, the real iPhone has been available to Chinese consumers since last September. This announcement is just about a second carrier also getting the handset.
It was a bit funny to read this Slashdot story, since just last night I saw a news story about how the Chinese are rather taken with Obama's new ambassador to China, Gary Locke. The reason? He carries his own bags. How do they know this? A photo on their big social networking site, taken by a Chinese businessman... using an iPhone.
#DeleteChrome
I'm curious what right you think you have to the wealth of the uber-wealthy, what justification you have for wealth redistribution. "They have more than they need, so fuck them, gimme"?
You seem to have typed an awful lot there, it's too bad you had to go and throw a ridiculous straw man in there at the beginning, advertising that there was nothing of value in your post.