Insider disclosed that New China Unicom set up a team, leaded by 常小兵 to discuss with Apple. If everything go smooth, it is expected to launch the iPhone in 17 May on China Unicom's WCDMA network.
In 2008, iPhone sales over 13M units. In China, Apple does not partner with any operator. However, the retails market is expected to have over few million units. iPhone support 2G and 3G network. 3G verison support only WCDMA standard.
Experts suggest Apple is not likely to support TD-SCDMA as it may involve significant product development and market risk.
