The 3G iPhone is available on the official website of Shanghai Unicom.
China Mobile took the lead in negotiations with Apple regarding the introduction of the iPhone. The negotiations lasted for more than a year, but due to various differences, the two sides have not yet reached any agreement. Later, China Unicom began to actively engage with Apple.
According to some reports, the negotiating team, represented by Li Gang, vice president of mobile communication business marketing of China Unicom, headed for Apple headquarters in the United States on June 1, 8th day of this month. After nearly 10 days of negotiations, the negotiating team returned to Beijing on the 18 th. It is reported that the negotiation made significant progress, but did not sign the final cooperation agreement.
This time, the China Unicom website recommended the 3G version of the iPhone, which probably means that China Unicom has defeated China Mobile and is the first to introduce the iPhone into China. Currently, China Unicom has 0.13 billion mobile users. In contrast, AT&T, an exclusive iPhone service provider in the United States, has only 77 million users.