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Apple seemingly preparing for China iPhone 6 launch on October 10th

A supposed screenshot of a notice (via TechWeb) sent to Apple retail employees suggests that Apple is readying a China iPhone 6 (and 6 Plus) launch for October 10th. As stated on the Chinese site (translated):

It is important that the person broke new iPhone prototype store shelves will be put on Oct. 7, and should be officially on sale in October 10. A few days ago the Ministry of Industry Minister Miao Wei once said in an interview, iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus has entered the final stage of the audit, which means the phones will soon be landing in mainland China.

This is shortly after China’s national week-long holiday. Independently, the Chinese press have also reported the same October 10th date for the iPhone 6 debut. Last week, regulators stated that the phone was nearing final approval, causing black market iPhone 6 prices to plummet.

Last year, Apple managed to launch the iPhone 5s in China in its first round of sales. A launch on October 10th would mean the iPhone 6 launched three weeks behind schedule in the country, assuming Apple was originally aiming for a day-one release in China like last year. Despite the lack of China availability, Apple announced 10 million iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus sales in the first three days.

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Comments

  1. eldonchew - 10 years ago

    Pretty sure that employee can be identified based on his/her score no?

  2. Rob (@rtn5000) - 10 years ago

    This is confusing….Apple can’t keep up with the demand in its home country but is launching elsewhere with the same supply?

    • iphonery - 10 years ago

      It’s called allocation. Demand far exceeded the supply that was predetermined for your area of release.

    • chingwa - 10 years ago

      It would be a bit odd to wait until everyone in America has bought an iPhone before then moving to another country. If they did that, by the time they got to some countries, the iPhone 6 would be obsolete.

  3. Great, ATT says mine is shipping in November and now they are shipping to the worlds most populous country.

  4. Thats only an ASTO course. Apple doesn’t publish informations like that on it’s training platform.

  5. Emily Lopez - 10 years ago

    Apple iPhone 6 is up for sale. Find sites offering best prices & amazing deals on iPhone 6 & 6 Plus only at freeappleiphone6(dot)com (Just replace the (dot) with the actual . )

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