Thursday, December 6, 2012

China Unicom’s iPhone 5 reservations double to 200,000 in 3 days


“With the iPhone set to arrive in China next Friday, China Unicom has revealed that it has received over 200,000 reservations in just a couple days, doubling its original 100,000 first-day reservations,” Josh Ong reports for TNW.



“The company also announced that it will offer a full subsidy for the handset, with a minimum deposit of $947 (RMB 5,899) for the 16GB version,” Ong reports. “The carrier announced the figures on its official Sina Weibo microblog on Thursday.”



Ong reports, “With 200,000 orders booked through China Unicom alone and many more expected through third-place China Telecom and Apple's official retail and online sales channels, the iPhone 5 looks set to be another hit in the world's most populous nation.”



Read more in the full article here.



[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader "Dan K." for the heads up.]



Related article:
China Unicom racks up 100,000 iPhone 5 preorders in first day – December 4, 2012


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