I guess the real reason for this is the jailbreak/3rd-party-app mess… Probably China Mobile wanted to install 3rd-party apps on all the iPhones it would sell (should Apple grant it the rights to sell the iPhone), and Apple did not agree on this. Or, China Mobile knows that Chinese users would want to run 3rd-party apps on their iPhones, but also that Apple would not accept this.
Exactly- all of the unlocked iPhones selling in China right now come jailbroken. China Mobile knows its uers will expect the same from the official iPhone and also knows that Apple won't stand for it.
“The other one is a biggie, and it's something very noticeable in the videos: touch sensitivity is pretty bad. Using the virtual keyboard proved to be far too painful, and we're pretty sure it wasn't multitouch-friendly.â€
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I guess the real reason for this is the jailbreak/3rd-party-app mess… Probably China Mobile wanted to install 3rd-party apps on all the iPhones it would sell (should Apple grant it the rights to sell the iPhone), and Apple did not agree on this. Or, China Mobile knows that Chinese users would want to run 3rd-party apps on their iPhones, but also that Apple would not accept this.
Exactly- all of the unlocked iPhones selling in China right now come jailbroken. China Mobile knows its uers will expect the same from the official iPhone and also knows that Apple won't stand for it.