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For the iPhone in China, Freedom Is the Great Wall

GigaOm Oct 30 09

Now that the iPhone is officially on sale in China — a huge market that few once thought it would be allowed to enter — the focus has turned to its high price, and whether that will hinder its prospects in the region. China Unicom began selling the phone today; a 32GB iPhone 3GS goes for [...] Full story...

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