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Sina.com reports today (Oct 9, 2009) that WiFi will not be enabled on the first China Unicom iPhone (model A1324) due to launch at the end of the month. Sina.com (via JLM Pacific Epoch) quotes Vsens (China Unicom’s handset distribution entity) General Manager Yu Yingtao; “The company [China Unicom] is still negotiating with Apple to [...]

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Update – October 6, 2009: The WAPI/WiFi status of the official Unicom iPhone is still subject to debate. Numerous articles in China’s tech press continue to report that the first model iPhone (A1324) will launch around the end of October 2009 without WiFi. The second model (A1325), however, may have the WAPI/WiFi combo. More current info > [...]

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WAPI + WiFi on 2nd new iPhone for China?
Here’s another interesting story from the iPhone in China rumor-front … China Business News has a post today quoting a Foxconn (Hon Hai Precision) source who claims that an iPhone (presumably Model A1324) without WiFi will be ready by September.
But wait, there’s more! … The same Foxconn [...]

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More background about WiFi/WAPI on iPhone in China:

http://iphonasia.com/?p=4609
http://iphonasia.com/?p=4431
http://iphonasia.com/?p=5728

Here is iPhonAsia’s reply to CNET Asia article – iPhone finally coming to China, but who cares?
idannyb says…
Hi Ryan,
While all signs point to no WiFi on the “official” iPhone for China, there is a chance that Apple will submit a dual WAPI/WiFi model that would meet China’s requirements. [...]

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FWIW … here are my replies to posts on my favorite Apple (AAPL) stock message board - AAPL Sanity
Re: China and the GFW
<< So essentially they’ve likely been negotiating for a model of iPhone with enhanced parentalgovernmental controls. >>
Actually, yes … all “officially approved” WiFi-enabled phones in China must also include China’s home grown WLAN authentication and [...]

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