Apple Halts iPhone 4 Sales

Just 13 days after launching the iPhone 4 in China, have ceased all of the popular at it's Retail Stores in both Shanghai and Beijing in an attempt to stop getting hold of the phones and selling them at a .

Although Apple have refused to release sales figures for the iPhone 4 one store has claimed to have sold more than 1000 units in just 3 hours with experts expecting total sales to be close to the 100,000 mark for the first 4 days of official sale. A large number of those sold were then sold on by scalpers with up to a 600 yuan mark up.

Customers wanting to get hold of an iPhone 4 will have to preorder a unit and collect it at a later date, they will also be limited to 1 phone per customer to help prevent punters making a fast profit.