Apple announced today that the Wi-Fi and cellular versions of
the iPad Mini and the fourth generation iPad with Retina Display will be
available in China this Friday. iPad Mini and the fourth generation iPad are
currently available in more than 100 countries, including the China, the U.S.,
Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Japan and the U.K.
The launch
makes good on Tim Cook’s statement in a January 10 interview with Chinese news out Tencent QQ
(link via Google Translate) that the cellular model of the iPad mini would be
available in China by late January. The Cupertino-based company’s last rollout
in that country was just one month ago, when the iPad mini and 4th generation
iPad arrived on December 7, and the iPhone 5 on December 14. Reports surfaced
that early turnout of buyers at Apple stores for the iPad mini
was low immediately after its debut in China, but that could have been because
of the reservation system set up by the company after a near riot by customers who had waited overnight in front
of the Beijing Apple store for the iPhone 4S.
Apple’s China
product launches have become increasingly important as it looks toward that
country becoming its most important market in the “not too distant future,” as
Cook told Chinese news site Sina during his visit to the
country last week. Though Chinese consumers had to wait two months for a Wi-Fi
and cellular iPad mini or fourth generation iPad, Cook has focused on speeding
up the rollout of Apple products in China, a task that involves overcoming
regulatory hurdles and hashing out a deal with China Mobile, the country’s
largest carrier. [TechCrunch]
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