Opening weekend sales of the “official” iPhone appear to be off to a good start. By annecdotal media reports, many iPhone retailers had lines to buy iPhone and several stores have already sold out of their initial inventory.
Despite western media predictions that the iPhone launch in China would be met with a yawn, there were many enthusiastic buyers at iPhone retailers. The had some 1,000 visitors on launch day.
iPhone in China will be sold online and through China Unicom’s Wo Stores, Suning, Carrefour, Gome, Dazhong Electric, and the Apple Store at Sanlitun. Here are a few photos from the October 30th iPhone launch in provinces across China.
iPhone on sale at Wo Store, Shaanxi, China
iPhone launch in Hainan
iPhone on sale at Wo Store in Hainan
iPhone on sale in Hainan
iPhone launch ceremony in Guangxi
Guangxi iPhone models enjoying their new object of desire
Wo Store employee explaining the iPhone activation process
iPhone launch at Zhou Wo Store, Guangdong Province
iPhone (and Macs) on sale at Best Buy in Shanghai
Guangzhou line up to buy iPhone
Shenzhen iPhone buyers queuing up
Unicom iPhone sales in Kunming
Banging the drum for iPhone in Kunming
