China Unicom

iPhone 4 First Weekend Sale in China

September 27, 2010 iPhone

This past Saturday (September 25, 08:00 China Standard Time) we saw the official release of the iPhone 4 in mainland China. It was welcomed by thousands of Chinese Apple fans, who camped out at the 3 Apple Stores in Beijing and Shanghai respectively. The actual launch had the fanfare of launches in New York City, [...]

China iPhone a Non-Event?

August 3, 2009 iPhone

There was an article on Engadget about the mainland China version of the iPhone. I thought it was necessary to create my own post to clarify the situation as I see them, after reading the postings and comments on various sites like Modmyi.com about this Engadget article. First of all, there have been real [manufactured [...]

MMS With iPhone 3.0 On iPhone 3G [Updated]

June 15, 2009 iPhone

When I the create the post, To iPhone 3G S or Not?, I was not able to enable the MMS function on my iPhone 3G. Before I explain how to enable MMS on an iPhone 3G running the iPhone 3.0 firmware, let me explain my context. My iPhone 3G is the officially “SIM unlocked” version [...]

iPhone Officially in China

February 25, 2009 iPhone

… Well not quite. AppleInsider reported that: …China Unicom has tentatively reached an agreement and could start selling iPhones as early as May… Since China Unicom’s 3G network is a WCDMA standard unlike China Mobile’s TD-SCDMA standard, the current iPhone 3G sold worldwide will not require modifications to be sold in China. If this report is true, then [...]