According to industry sources Telecom, the third largest provider in
China, will a version of the
iPhone 4 as early as next month.
At present the sim card-less nature of
CDMA phones means they don't natively work on China's
mobile networks, however sources at
China Telecom's Zhejiang branch have said they will start inputting customers
phone numbers in to
CDMA phones from as early as next month, when the
CDMA iPhone 4 and
new HTC handsets are also rumoured to
launch.
China Telecom have denied the rumours, despite very reliable insider knowledge suggesting that the launches are imminent.
If the iPhone 4 does come to
China Telecom along with a
new HTC phone, the smaller of the 3 communications company could start to catch up with
China Unicom, who currently sell the original iPhone 4 and 3GS models. It will be interesting to see how
China Mobile will react as their flagship smart-
phone from Blackberry has failed to catch the attention of most
tech savvy consumers.
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