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Official Chinese iPhone sales creep up to 200,000

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Official Chinese iPhone sales creep up to 200,000
By , Contributing Editor
As part of Apple's (NASDAQ:AAPL) disclosure over its Q1 FY10 figures for the three months ending December 26th, 2009, COO Tim Cook revealed the company had sold 200,000 iPhones through official partner China Unicom.

An official Chinese iPhone 3GS cost about £630 [$1,030] and is wi-fi deactivated to comply with Ministry of Industry and Information Technology regulations.

It's thought around 2 million wi-fi enabled iPhones have been imported into China via the grey market however.

Sales throughout Asia have been more impressive with Apple's revenue in Japan up 57 percent to $285 million, and sales of iPhones up 400 percent.

Overall, Apple said iPhone sales in the Asia Pacific market were up 500 percent.

[source: mocoNews]

Jon Jordan
Jon Jordan
Contributing Editor

A Pocket Gamer co-founder, Jon is Contributing Editor at PG.biz which means he acts like a slightly confused uncle who's forgotten where he's left his glasses. As well as letters and cameras, he likes imaginary numbers and legumes.