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In line with its previous announcement, China Telecom today launched the iPhone 4S, becoming the second carrier in the country to officially offer the iPhone for sale. With its 129 million mobile subscribers, China Telecom is a major new addition for Apple and the largest carrier to offer the iPhone on a CDMA network.

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M.I.C. gadget has a roundup of the launch events, with China Telecom having announced a greater-than-expected 200,000 pre-orders for the device.
China Telecom is actually playing Verizon's iPhone role in China. As far as we know, China Telecom now has close to 130 million subscribers, and the carrier also boasts about having the largest CDMA network in the world by installed base. With over 200,000 pre-orders placed for the iPhone 4S, China Telecom is likely to emerge the victor in a looming iPhone war with China Unicom by offering both better prices and service.
As a CDMA device, the iPhone 4S on China Telecom possesses some of the same limitations seen with the device running on Verizon, including somewhat slower maximum data rates on 3G compared to GSM networks and a lack of support for simultaneous voice and data. China Telecom's iPhone 4S, which ships with iOS 5.1 pre-installed, also requires the use of a micro UIM card. The card is analogous to the micro-SIM card used on GSM devices, although many other CDMA carriers such as Verizon do not use such removable cards and instead rely on subscriber information being stored directly on the device.

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China Telecom offers a variety of monthly plans for the iPhone 4S, with the 16 GB model being offered for free on plans as low as 389 yuan ($62) per month for a two-year contract or 289 yuan ($46) per month for a three-year contract.

Article Link: iPhone 4S Launches on China Telecom with 200,000 Pre-Orders
 

JWD

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Looks as if Apple is removing the numbers from the product name. This is a smart move to fit in with the rest of their product line.
 

Consultant

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Looks as if Apple is removing the numbers from the product name. This is a smart move to fit in with the rest of their product line.

Apple never included product number on the product itself.
 

M-O

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Looks as if Apple is removing the numbers from the product name. This is a smart move to fit in with the rest of their product line.

it has always been that way.
 

ComputersaysNo

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The photo of the three men is weird

- left: look at this photo of my dog on facebook, isn't it delicious?
- Middle: What the hell did i smoke during lunchbreak
- right: It's raining monaaaaaay
 

commander.data

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So is micro UIM just micro SIM by another name or are they different meaning Apple has produced a custom iPhone 4S for China to accept it?
 

adder7712

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So is micro UIM just micro SIM by another name or are they different meaning Apple has produced a custom iPhone 4S for China to accept it?

Some CDMA networks use a variant of the regular SIM card. So the micro UIM card is very likely a miniaturised (identical to the micro-SIM) equivalent of a UIM card.
 

ComputersaysNo

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The sentence in bold is totally uncalled for.

Lighten up. In a tolerant society you can make jokes like this without being called a racist (this is not even close for the definition of a racist). That's one of the basics of a democracy. The same goes for jokes about any Gods or religion without being beheaded.
 
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MacJeffRson

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wow, there's NO logo for CE or FCC on the back. If that's a real photo.. at least for Europe, they can confiscate and destroy the device when you bring it into any European country!..
 

Optheduim

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$62 & $48 a month? For data & voice???? if that's the case than.....Holy freaking awesome rates!!!!!
 

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Unfortunately most people there can't afford an iPhone.

China is expected to have 600 million people in the middle class by 2015. The current number is somewhere between 150 and 250 million, or maybe even more. There's more than enough people who can afford an iPhone.
 

Nostromo

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Plans "as low as" $62?

The average wage in China is $ 14 000 a year.

In the US it's 26 000, double that.

Translated into Chinese wage, it would be a plan as low as $132 a month. Now it sounds right for China.
 
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