iPhone 4S – Coming Soon to China Telecom?

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China Telecom has begun putting up large promotion posters for the iPhone 4S in their retail stores, reports Penn-Olson, suggesting that the carrier may soon begin offering the device.





The posters, as pictured above, are mainly attention-grabbers, as the device hasn’t been announced to launch on China Telecom yet, although it’s likely that they will eventually begin offering the device.

The iPhone 4S hasn’t yet launched in China, the world’s largest mobile market, and no announcement has been made about when the Chinese launch will occur.

China Telecom is China’s third largest carrier, with just over 120 million subscribers, and if they do get the iPhone 4S, they’ll join Apple’s current China carrier partner China Unicom, creating a combined market of over 740 million customers for the iPhone 4S.

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Following early morning chaos at Apple's Sanlitun retail store in Beijing that prevented Apple from opening the store for the iPhone 4S launch, Reuters reports that the company has temporarily halted in-store sales of the device at all five of its retail stores in China.
"The demand for iPhone 4S has been incredible and our stores in China have already sold out," an Apple spokeswoman said.

"Unfortunately, we were unable to open our store at Sanlitun due to the large crowd. And to ensure the safety of our customers and our employees, iPhones will not be available in our retail stores in Beijing and Shanghai for the time being," she said.
The statement noted that customers would still be able to order the iPhone 4S through Apple's website or through carrier partner China Unicom. Apple's Chinese online store is, however, currently out of stock of all iPhone 4S models and not taking any orders.

Police organizing to handle disruptions at Apple's Sanlitun retail store

Teams of scalpers are very active at Apple's retail stores in China, with their efforts to snap up as much of the available supply of popular products as possible leading to significant tensions, particularly at product launches. Disruptions have occasionally forced Apple to briefly shut certain stores and tweak their purchasing requirements as they seek to manage the situation, but this morning's "near-riot" at the Sanlitun store seems to have been the most significant situation yet.

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