As you have probably heard, Apple has launched their famous phone in China. At the time of launch there were millions of iPhone users already — Hong Kong was the primary source of those for quite some time now, for both jailbroken and legit devices (they were selling iPhones without carrier lock for quite some time now). My wife was dreaming about the gadget since it was launched… So when iPhone 3GS was launched in Hong Kong we tried to buy it.
Of course we were not that lucky. The damned device was permanently out of stock. As my trips to Hong Kong at company's expense were about to end I had to look at other options… and by that weird coincidence Apple decided to launch the phone in China just at that time, so we decided to wait and see what will come out of this.
The launch happened in the middle of the autumn. If I remember correctly, it was October 30th or something like that. Suddenly there were "There's an app for this!" ads everywhere on TV… and not much else. No queues at the local Apple retailers and carrier offices. No oversized ads. No hype on the 'net.
Next day after the launch we were walking through the city center and, passing the local equivalent of the Apple Shop, saw the ad for the 3GS. Naturally we went inside… and there it was. 6999 yuan for 32 gigabyte. That's about US$ 1010. Naturally we got two because I was fed up with all the syncing problems I had with my TyTN II and MacBook Pro. And such was the beginning of Chinese iPhone saga…
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