iPhone lands in China!

Today, as reported by us previously, China Unicom operator has officially announced that iPhone is coming to China:

On 28 August, the Company and Apple reached a three-year agreement for the Company to sell iPhone in China. The initial launch is expected to be in the fourth calendar quarter of 2009. This will provide users with brand new communication and information experience.

… or in Chinese:

八月二十八日，公司與蘋果公司就未來三年內iPhone手機合作銷售達成協定，並將於今年第四季度正式在中國大陸市場推出iPhone 手機，這將為用戶帶來全新的通信和信息化體驗。

… and that’s it! No more official info available at this moment. See our former post about iPhone coming to China Unicom for more info.

Conclusion: iPhone is about to reach the biggest market in the world and it is manifest destiny that iPhone will achieve within next few years the biggest smartphone market share also globally, not just in USA.