Sidebar Sidebar
Become a MacRumors Supporter for $50/year with no ads, ability to filter front page stories, and private forums.

WiFi + Cellular iPad Mini and Fourth-Generation iPad Launching in China Friday

MacRumors

MacRumors

macrumors bot
Original poster
Apr 12, 2001
63,471
30,691



Apple today announced that the WiFi + Cellular iPad mini and fourth-generation iPad will launch in China this Friday. The release in China adds to the over 100 countries where the iPad mini and new iPad are already available.
ipad_ipad_mini_hand.jpg
Apple today announced the Wi-Fi + Cellular versions of iPad® mini and the new fourth generation iPad with Retina display will be available in China on Friday, January 18. iPad mini and the fourth generation iPad are currently available in more than 100 countries worldwide including the US, Australia, Canada, China, France, Germany, Japan and the UK.
Click to expand...
The iPad and iPad mini models will be available in China through Apple retail stores, Apple.com and authorized retailers. Just last week, Apple CEO Tim Cook traveled to China to meet with partners and government officials, and where he announced that the cellular iPad and iPad mini models would be launching before the end of the month. Apple's focus on China has continued throughout the past several years, with the company having almost doubled its retail presence in Greater China since his last visit to the country just ten months ago.

Article Link: WiFi + Cellular iPad Mini and Fourth-Generation iPad Launching in China Friday
 
Article Link
https://www.macrumors.com/2013/01/14/wifi-cellular-ipad-mini-and-fourth-generation-ipad-launching-in-china-friday/
rtr1985

rtr1985

macrumors 6502a
Sep 17, 2012
502
177
And 1.5 months later new iPads out?

New Apple release cycLOLOLOLOLOLe
 
Rocketman

Rocketman

macrumors 603
Dec 2, 2001
6,191
1,186
Claremont, The intellectual capitol of the world.
Independent of the scale of the retail presence, the real news is the full support for two major dialects of Chinese on a "smartphone" which is a stealth handtop supercomputer. Soon to be in the hands of millions of Chinese. That's a thing.

And a walled garden even a red Chinese can be comfortable with!

Rocketman
 
Last edited:
H

HenryDJP

Suspended
Nov 25, 2012
5,084
843
United States
topmounter said:
On Friday, the entire nation of China learns that, no, we weren't kidding... the iPad Mini DOES NOT have a retina display :eek:
Click to expand...

If Apple never designed their portables with Retina Display nobody would've cared. It's not like all their LCD laden products sucked before Retina came out. :p
 
D

dazed

macrumors 6502a
Jun 23, 2007
911
211
At least they won't have far to ship them.

They should build an apple store at the factory, and have the customers wait in line at the end of the conveyor belt.
 
C

camnchar

macrumors 6502
Jan 26, 2006
434
415
HenryDJP said:
If Apple never designed their portables with Retina Display nobody would've cared. It's not like all their LCD laden products sucked before Retina came out. :p
Click to expand...

Right. It really is just in comparison to the awesomeness that is Retina that the Mini's screen looks bad.
 
mrsir2009

mrsir2009

macrumors 604
Sep 17, 2009
7,505
156
Melbourne, Australia
dazed said:
At least they won't have far to ship them.

They should build an apple store at the factory, and have the customers wait in line at the end of the conveyor belt.
Click to expand...

Somehow I don't think the sort of people who can afford the iPad will be bunking next door to the FoxConn factories ;)
 
macs4nw

macs4nw

macrumors 601
Sep 21, 2010
4,336
1,933
Next-door from the little old lady from Pasadena..
Rocketman said:
Independent of the scale of the retail presence, the real news is the full support for two major dialects of Chinese on a "smartphone" which is a stealth handtop supercomputer. Soon to be in the hands of millions of Chinese.....
Click to expand...

And that's a mind-boggling thought. I wonder how those talks with China Mobile are going; a deal with them could really explode sales of cell-enabled iOS devices.
 
A

apple-win

macrumors regular
Dec 4, 2012
226
0
maxwelltech said:
Ugh, finally, the cellular version iPad is on sale in China!
Commies don't matter to them, all Apple wants is their money.
Click to expand...

Not every Apple customer in China is Chinese Communist Party member.
Not every Apple customer in California is left-wing socialist.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Register on MacRumors! This sidebar will go away, and you'll see fewer ads.
Top Bottom