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China Unicom Begins iPhone 5 Reservations, Gets 100,000 First-Day Reservations

Monday December 3, 2012 8:35 PM PST by Husain Sumra

Just a couple days after the iPhone 5 received final regulatory certification in China, Sina Tech is reporting that China Unicom has started reservations for iPhone 5. China Unicom received 100,000 reservations in the first day, by 4pm local time, and required an ID card and other personal information to reserve an iPhone 5 for the first day.

China Unicom rival China Telecom has reportedly been taking iPhone 5 reservations for weeks, including 5,000 reservations on Sunday. Apple today announced that 50 countries would be receiving the iPhone 5 in December, with China being one of them.

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Top Rated Comments

Chumburro2U

157 months ago

Whatcha talkin' bout?

Considering the size of China's mobile phone market, not really.

Of course that is a huge number. 1st day preorders of 100,000+, in the first day. Give it a few more days and see, then post again. :apple:

Edit: That is only one carrier, I believe, there are 3 Chinese carriers selling the iPhone 5. What till the other carriers numbers start coming in.

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szw-mapple fan

157 months ago

yes and no

Considering the size of China's mobile phone market, not really.

Right and wrong. Considering the size of China's mobile phone market, yes, but most people are still using non-smartphone phones, so it's a quite significant number.

Score: 5 Votes (Like | Disagree)

kkent25

157 months ago

Wait until they hit the stores. There will be line ups.

Score: 3 Votes (Like | Disagree)

smulji

157 months ago

That is a lot of phones.

Considering the size of China's mobile phone market, not really.

Score: 2 Votes (Like | Disagree)

mrsir2009

157 months ago

Not surprising... Dem' billion people :cool:

Score: 2 Votes (Like | Disagree)

nfl46

157 months ago

Just realize how amazing the iPhone 5 looks.

Score: 2 Votes (Like | Disagree)

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