iPhonAsia.com interview with Hong Kong’s NeonPunch.com The editors of NeonPunch.com, a gadget site in Hong Kong, posed several questions for the editor of iPhonAsia (yours truly). My responses are in a two-part interview: Part 1 Part 2
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Real iPhones via official distributors ******************************* Official iPhone distributors in Hong Kong: “3” Shop – owned by Hutchison the official iPhone carrier in Hong Kong Fortress Mobile City Broadway Apple’s online HK store Sham Shui Po Street Market Here (below) are few photos of Shanzhai “counterfeit” iPhones found in the Sham Shui Poi Street Market [...]
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At a press conference today China Unicom executives whipped up interest in their forthcoming iPhone launch by outlining their new iPhone rate plans and providing price subsidy ranges for iPhone. The assembled media pressed for more details, but Unicom execs were coy and dodged questions about definitive pricing and apps/services that will come preloaded on [...]
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iPhone 3GS now available SIM unlocked in Hong Kong
Posted in Hong Kong, iPhone Hong Kong on Jul 9th, 2009
The Apple Online Store Hong Kong is selling SIM unlocked iPhone 3GS for HKD 5,388 ($695 US) and HKD 6,288 ($811 US) respectively. That’s -HKD12 ($1.55 US cheaper) and +HKD88 ($11.35 US) difference to the iPhone 3G. How many iPhone WiFi enabled 3GS will swim across the channel to the People’s Republic of China? Plenty! [...]
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Unlocked iPhone Officially Comes to China (Hong Kong)
Posted in 3G, Hong Kong, iPhone, iPhone Hong Kong on Sep 26th, 2008
iPhonAsia Comment: Terms and Conditions limit unlocked sales to Hong Kong residents only …. although Gray marketeers don’t always pay careful attention to T&Cs. Expect many more unlocked iPhone 3Gs to show up in Mainland China. Note also that iPhone 3G is backward compatible to China Mobile’s EDGE 2.5 G network. From a comment by Richard [...]
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