The iPhone continues to attract new, and veteran, smartphone consumers everyday. Too bad the country that produces many of the parts of the extremely popular smartphone doesn't even sell it. Fortunately for the Chinese market, they may have a shot of obtaining an official iPhone soon. Apple Executives are allegedly in China negotiating an iPhone deal with Unicom. A Chinese source for Sina.com, a Chinese tech website, said;
"[Apple Execs'] visit aims to visit senior officials of China Unicom and discuss with them how iPhone should enter [the] Chinese market."
The source adds that they will meet with seniors of Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT), who is responsible for the regulation and development of technology of the People's Republic of China. AppleInsider says that the new iPhone can operate on the GSM/WCDMA networks, working onthe 900MHZ, 1700MHz and 1900MHz bands.
Greg Joswiak, vice president of iPod and iPhone product marketing, is expected to lead the meeting in China. Last time, Li Gang, the vice president of China Unicom visited the US to try to work out a negotiation. The International Business Times say that the deal is obvious, given that Apple reported in March that 13.7 million iPhones have been sold in 80 countries. Further evidence shows the iPhone going through the entry-net test, according to China Telecommunication Technology Labs (CTTL).
Apple's sales numbers could skyrocket with China Unicom on board. The carrier is 170-percent larger than AT&T, but is only the second largest in China, according to AppleInsider.
