iphone Chinese version of the last round of testing before listing

NetEase Technology News July 9, the source said to NetEase technology, Apple for the Chinese market, the 3G version of the iphone has recently been delivered to the Ministry of Industry, the Thai laboratory, "Apple iphone is doing various network testing, if all goes well, It takes only two weeks for Apple to get access to the iphone.

In early June, Apple released a third generation of iphone3gs handsets in the United States, which, compared with the previous two generations, had a faster processing speed, larger memory capacity and a higher pixel-iphone3gs camera. In the following days, the national Radio Authority's Web site showed that an Apple model A1324 WCDMA mobile phone through the Ministry of National radio transmission equipment model approval, and obtained five years of validity.

"As far as I know, the iphone is a special version of the Chinese market," the former said, "in accordance with the provisions of the national radio transmission equipment model approval and the Thai laboratory mobile network testing, according to the regulations, can be listed in China legal sales." ”

Notably, Apple's iphone3gs phone model, released in June in the United States, was A1303, while the first iphone and second-generation IPHONE3G models were A1203 and A1241.

iphone 3GS with model A1303

"From the model A1324 of the Apple phone, it is almost certain that this is a special version of IPHONE3GS, in order to sell in the domestic market and, without changing the other configuration, Apple has to remove the Wi-Fi feature," said the former source. This also means that China Unicom and Apple negotiations have basically reached a consensus, the details of the cooperation between the two sides are not yet known, but it can be sure that the upcoming release of OPhone to the Unicom is a great deal of pressure. ”

It is understood that, as China Unicom's main competitor, the company plans at the end of this month to jointly Lenovo, LG, Dopod and other domestic and foreign manufacturers to use the mobile phone installed mobile OMS handset operating system, but the third quarter listed OPhone mobile phone currently only support GSM (2G), TD-SCDMA (3G) OPhone phones will not be available until the fourth quarter of this year.

"Compared with other operators, the biggest advantage of Unicom operating 3G is the world's most sophisticated WCDMA standards, networks and mobile terminals, if the introduction of the iphone, such as high-quality 3G mobile phones, will better help Unicom to attract and develop 3G users," said Zhang Yu, BDA China's joint director.

China Unicom and Apple's China company have not responded to the news until the press release.