iPhone 4 Officially Arrives in China September 25th

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Shortly after last Friday's China iPad launch, it has been announced that the iPhone 4 will be released in China September 25th through wireless carrier China Unicorn. China Unicorn carried the iPhone 3GS so it was not surprising that they would be the carrier to get the iPhone 4.

Those in China looking to get this phone will be looking to pay roughly $740 for the 16 GB model or $890 for the 32 GB model through the Apple Store. Those looking to cut that cost can by directly through China Unicorn for subsidized pricing.

The Chinese version of the iPhone 4 is identical to the U.S. model. Now, Apple can attempt to make a bigger splash into the Chinese smartphone market, in which it currently holds a 7.1 percent market share.

T-Mobile to Get iPhone 3GS?

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According to a recent tweet by Wired magazine editor Chris Anderson, T-Mobile is slated to get the iPhone 3GS this year. The tweet follows:

A T-Mobile manager casually mentioned to me that they're going to get the iPhone 3GS (but not 4, oddly) later this year. Common knowledge?

It may not be common knowledge, but the rumor that the iPhone would come to T-Mobile has floated around, as it would be easier to shift the iPhone to another GSM carrier as opposed to a CDMA one (such as Verizon, in which a rumor suggest the iPhone will come to them Q1 2011).


However, there are a few things that make this piece suspicious, despite coming from a usually reliable source.
-Why just the 3GS, and not the iPhone 4?
-Why was the information just tweeted, and not written up in a formal article by Wired?
-Why not ask your own coworkers if its common knowledge?

While the speculation of the iPhone coming to T-Mobile has been floating around lately, it has always been the rumors that the iPhone was coming to Verizon that has been the strongest. Is this just another rumor? Or is it possible that we could finally be seeing the iPhone coming to more carriers as soon as this year? Only time will tell.